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Benjamin West, Frank Wilkin and Henry Wilkin

Artist: Frank William Wilkin, 1791 - 1842
Sitter: Benjamin West, 10 Oct 1738 - 11 Mar 1820; Frank William Wilkin, 1791 - 1842; Henry T. C. Wilkin, 1801 - 1852

Date: c. 1820

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 178cm x 142cm (70 1/16" x 55 7/8"), Image

Topic: Artwork\Painting; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair; Artist's Effects\Palette; Artist's Effects\Paintbrush; Benjamin West: Male; Benjamin West: Visual Arts\Artist\Portraitist; Benjamin West: Visual Arts\Art instructor; Benjamin West: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\History painter; Frank William Wilkin: Male; Frank William Wilkin: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Miniaturist; Henry T. C. Wilkin: Male; Henry T. C. Wilkin: Visual Arts\Artist\Portraitist; Henry T. C. Wilkin: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Miniaturist; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Mabel Wiles, 1948

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.66.71

Provenance: Mabel Wiles, London; gift 1948 to Smithsonian [NCFA]; transferred 1966 to NPG.

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery