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Benjamin West

Benjamin West

Jonathan Spilsbury
Print
c. 1765
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin West and Family

Benjamin West and Family

George & Johan Facius
Print
1779
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1775-85
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Charlotte Sophia

Charlotte Sophia

Benjamin West
Painting
1777
Owner: Yale Center for British Art

Elizabeth Shewell and Raphael Lamar West

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1770
Owner: Cleveland Museum of Art

Benjamin West

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1776
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Benjamin West and her Son Raphael

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1770
Owner: Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Arthur Middleton, His Wife Mary Izard & Their Son Henry Middleton (The Middleton Family)

Benjamin West
Painting
1770
Owner: Middleton Place Foundation

Penn's Treaty With Indians

Benjamin West
Painting
1771
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Raphael Lamar West

Benjamin West
Drawing
c. 1775
Owner: Yale Center for British Art
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

James Smith
Painting
1770
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Margaret Hall Foundation

Queen Charlotte, with Charlotte, Princess Royal

Benjamin West
Painting
1776
Owner: Queen's Galleries, Buckingham Palace

Benjamin West and Raphael Lamar West

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1773
Owner: Yale Center for British Art

Children of King George III

Benjamin West
Drawing
c. 1775
Owner: Victoria and Albert Museum

Benjamin West

John Downman
Drawing
1777
Owner: Fitzwilliam Museum

Sir Benjamin West

John Downman
Drawing
c. 1775-95
Owner: Musée du Louvre

William Rawle

Thomas Spence Duché
Painting
c. 1782
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

The Death of General Wolfe

Benjamin West
Painting
1771
Owner: Elizabeth II

Charles II Landing on the Beach at Dover

Benjamin West
Drawing
c. 1782
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings

Destruction of the French Fleet at La Hogue

Benjamin West
Drawing
c. 1775-80
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings

Elizabeth Twell

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1760-75

Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt

Benjamin West
Painting
1777
Owner: Tate Gallery

Selina Elizabeth Brooke, Viscountess de Vesci of Abbey Leix

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1776
Owner: Williams College Museum of Art

Study for the Battle of La Hogue (recto)

Benjamin West
Drawing
1778
Owner: National Gallery of Art

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