Artworks · Benjamin West

The Bard

1778 · Oil paint on oak

support: 292 x 229 mm frame: 440 x 370 x 60 mm

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Lady Beauchamp-Proctor

1778 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1264 x 1003 mm

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Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt

1777 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1264 x 1003 mm Frame: H: 1502 mm, W: 1250 mm, D: 80mm

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The Golden Age

1776 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 654 x 765 mm frame: 891 x 1022 x 100 mm

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Helen Brought to Paris

1776 · oil on canvas

56 3/8 x 75 3/8 in. (143.3 x 198.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill)

1776 · oil on canvas

overall: 202 x 138 cm (79 1/2 x 54 5/16 in.) framed: 222.6 x 160 x 9.5 cm (87 5/8 x 63 x 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Hagar and Ishmael

1776 · Oil on canvas

76 x 54 1/2 in. (193 x 138.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hagar and Ishmael

1776 · Oil on canvas

76 x 54 1/2 in. (193 x 138.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christus zegent de kinderen

1776 · chalk, paper

width: 227 cm, height: 136 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mrs Worrell as Hebe

1775 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1270 x 1003 mm frame: 1485 x 1236 x 105 mm

Tate

Fan

1775 · Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl

28.8 × 50.4 cm (11 1/4 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cupid, Stung by a Bee, Is Cherished by his Mother

1774 · oil on canvas

overall (round): 121.92 × 122.4 cm (48 × 48 3/16 in.) framed (round): 152.08 × 152.24 × 9.53 cm (59 7/8 × 59 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Death of Procris

1770 · Oil on panel

32.4 × 41.2 cm (12 3/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Framed: 41.6 × 50.8 × 5.1 cm (16 3/8 × 20 × 2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

1769 · Brush and brown and black wash, with tan gouache, heightened with white gouache, with incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

Primary support: 21.8 × 30 cm (8 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 30.1 × 36.9 cm (11 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta

1768 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1384 x 1854 mm frame: 1480 x 1935 x 77 mm

Tate

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

1766 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1003 x 1264 mm

Tate

Rinaldo Rescued from Armida

1766 · Graphite

Sheet: 7 9/16 × 12 1/8 in. (19.2 × 30.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax

1766 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and blue watercolor, touches of gouache (bodycolor), over traces of black chalk

14 x 19 in. (35.6 x 48.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael

1765 · oil on canvas

Framed: 88 x 87.5 x 9 cm (34 5/8 x 34 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 66.5 x 66.3 cm (26 3/16 x 26 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

An Alpine Landscape with a Couple Seated by Trees Overlooking a Valley

1760 · pen and gray ink on light gray laid paper

sheet: 36.4 × 50.2 cm (14 5/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

1758 · Black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk, on gray laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card

10.3 × 8.4 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

1758 · Pen and brown ink, on gray laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card

20.6 × 20.4 cm (8 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

1758 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on tan toned ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

20 × 21.7 cm (7 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Death of General Wolfe

1758 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

8.6 × 12.8 cm (3 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Death of General Wolfe

1758 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

9.9 × 12.4 cm (3 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death of Ananias

1758 · Black chalk on ivory laid paper

26.2 × 40.7 cm (10 3/8 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Paul Shaking off the Viper

1758 · Pen and brown ink with brush and tan wash, on cream laid paper with blue fibers tipped onto cream wove paper

30.4 × 37.6 cm (12 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sarah Ursula Rose

1756 · Oil on canvas

29 x 23 3/8 in. (73.7 x 59.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sarah Ursula Rose

1756 · Oil on canvas

29 x 23 3/8 in. (73.7 x 59.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary Bethel Boude (Mrs. Samuel Boude)

1755 · oil on canvas

overall: 90.4 x 76.3 cm (35 9/16 x 30 1/16 in.) framed: 107 x 92.2 x 5.1 cm (42 1/8 x 36 5/16 x 2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Dr. Samuel Boude

1755 · oil on canvas

overall: 90.4 x 76.5 cm (35 9/16 x 30 1/8 in.) framed: 107 x 92.2 x 5.4 cm (42 1/8 x 36 5/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Countess of Huntingdon

1750 · pen and brown ink and (graphite?) on laid paper

sheet: 14.6 x 12.5 cm (5 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Death of a General

1738 · pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper

image: 11.43 × 17.78 cm (4 1/2 × 7 in.) sheet: 14.4 × 20.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of a Right Arm and a Left Hand

1738 · black chalk heightened with white on brown laid paper

sheet: 15.7 x 19.6 cm (6 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

An Angel

1738 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

sheet: 11.6 × 10.3 cm (4 9/16 × 4 1/16 in.) mount: 21.43 × 16.35 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Charity

1738 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on gray paper mounted to brown laid paper

overall (lunette): 24.5 × 11.2 cm (9 5/8 × 4 7/16 in.) mount: 34.61 × 19.37 cm (13 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Turkey

1738 · Pen and brown ink on wove paper

4 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (11.9 x 8.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anotomaical Description of the Hand and the Wrist

1738 · Black ink, watercolor washes, and black chalk on off-white laid paper

7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (18.9 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panthea Stabs Herself beside the Corpse of Abradatas

1738 · Brown ink, washes, and black chalk on white laid paper

8 1/4 x 12 3/16 in. (21 x 31 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panthea Stabs Herself beside the Corpse of Abradatas

1738 · Brown ink, ink washes, and black chalk on white laid paper

8 1/4 x 12 3/16 in. (21 x 31 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene at Margate

1738 · Pen, brown ink, and white chalk on blue laid paper

4 1/2 x 7 in. (11.4 x 17.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Finding of the Body of Clytemnestra

1738 · Pen and black ink, watercolor washes, and black chalk on off-white laid paper

7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (18.9 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene at Margate

1738 · Pen, brown ink, and white chalk on blue laid paper

4 1/2 x 7 in. (11.4 x 17.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art