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Benjamin West

96 works

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Charcoal sketch of a screaming man's head beside a sketch of a woman and man playing cards at a table.

Head of a Screaming Man (recto); Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso)

1792

Red chalk drawing of a seated mother nursing an infant while two other children rest nearby in soft shading.

Maternity

1784

Watercolor of Christ at Emmaus: a haloed figure at a candlelit table with companions beneath a dark stone arch.

Christ at Emmaus

c. 1760-1820

Sepia wash drawing of an armored soldier, a seated veiled figure with a cup, and a robed man inside a tent.

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

c. 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of a turkey standing near a wooden fence in a landscape with trees.

Turkey

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman grasping a man in a cloak beside tall trees and distant hills.

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

n.d.

Loose ink sketch of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat, hands resting in her lap, on tan paper.

Countess of Huntingdon

second half of 18th century, early 19th century

Two pen and ink sketches of a weeping woman in draped robes, one seated with head bowed and hands to her face.

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels in clouds above, and grieving figures below.

The Crucifixion

1796/1797

Brown wash drawing of a robed prophet gesturing beside a lion, a fallen man, and a donkey under a tree.

The Disobedient Prophet

1793

Pencil sketch of Gothic window tracery with pointed arches, with a small brown ink arched outline and handwritten notes below

Cross Section of a Gothic Church [verso]

probably c. 1788

Pencil drawing of a valley with mountains, a village, and a seated couple beneath windswept trees in the foreground.

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

1760/1763

Chalk study on brown paper of an extended right arm with draped sleeve and a separate open left hand.

Study of a Right Arm and a Left Hand

1738

Ink sketch on blue paper of two figures, one with arms raised high and the other embracing closely beside them.

Study for "Jephthah's Daughter"

1780-1810

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures and soldiers gathered around a young woman before a hillside, on blue-grey paper.

Jephthah's Daughter

1780-1810