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Benjamin West

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Oil portrait of a woman in a dark headscarf and green shawl embracing a young child who rests his head on her cheek.

Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael

c. 1770

Portrait of a man in armor and red ermine-trimmed robe, with a blue sash, holding a scroll, with ships at sea behind.

George III

1783

Angel drives Adam and Eve from a dark stormy paradise while a serpent coils on the ground below.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

1791, retouched 1803

Painting of a winged nude youth holding a torch and reins among a lion, horse, eagle, doves, and cherubs in a stormy sky.

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

1809

Portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and gold shawl, leaning on a ledge before a blue landscape.

Sarah Ursula Rose

1756

Painting of richly robed men in wigs gathered around a reclining figure in a formal chamber with a crimson canopy.

The Death of Chatham

1778

Painting of gentlemen in period dress fishing from a boat among reeds, with a distant town and sailing ships on the river.

Gentlemen Fishing

1794

Painting of a seaside bathing place with children and women in the surf, white bathing machines, and a chalk cliff.

The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

1788

Painting of a grieving man beside a seated woman in white holding out a dagger, with a classical bust behind them.

Paetus and Arria

1766

Painting of an armored knight with raised sword held back by a hooded woman, beside a seated old man in a cave of skeletons.

The Cave of Despair

1772

Painting of milkmaids and cows in a London park with onlookers and Westminster Abbey's tower in the distance.

Milkmaids in St. James's Park, Westminster Abbey Beyond

1801

Painting of a violent sea battle with smoke-filled skies, burning ships, soldiers in boats and sailors struggling in the wate

The Battle of La Hogue

1778

Painting of a Nelson memorial with allegorical figures, cherubs, a laurel wreath, flags and sailors beneath a classical plaqu

The Apotheosis of Nelson

1807

Painting of men cutting and hauling timber in a wooded clearing, with a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

Woodcutters in Windsor Park

1795

Oval painting of a seated woman in white working with thread beside a sleeping baby, with figures in a doorway at right.

The Golden Age

1776

Classical painting of a king gesturing toward a grieving seated woman beside a young woman and children, with armored soldier

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta

1768

Painting of two nude captive youths led before a laurel-crowned woman in white robes, with an armed crowd and columns.

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

1766

Painting of a seated man in green robes watching two women and a winged cupid before a red curtain and cloudy sky.

Helen Brought to Paris

1776

Oil self-portrait of an older man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

1810

Painting of an elderly man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill pen over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

1819

Oil painting of a seated man in green robes with women and a winged cupid beside a red curtain under a cloudy sky.

Helen Brought to Paris

1770

British Manufactory; A Sketch

British Manufactory; A Sketch

1791

Portrait of a seated woman in pink silk gown and pearls holding a mandolin, against a dark curtain and pale sky.

Mary Hopkinson

1760

Painting of a dying officer in red uniform surrounded by grieving soldiers, a kneeling Native American figure, and a billowin

The Death of General Wolfe

1770

Oil portrait of two men in a rocky landscape, one in a red coat and fur cloak, the other in beaded Indigenous dress.

Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), 1776

1775

Oil portrait of a reclining man in a dark coat beside a red-curtained window, with a domed city beyond and a writing desk.

General Thaddeus Kosciusko

1797

Painting of a red-coated officer restraining a warrior above a wounded white-coated man, with soldiers and a battle in the ba

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian

1764

Large painting of a crowded warship deck in battle, with a dying admiral at centre surrounded by officers and sailors.

The Death of Nelson

1806

Painting of a walled garden courtyard with a family group in period dress, a dog, a cat, and a brick house under clouds.

West Family in the Studio Garden

1800

Painting of a dying woman in blue drapery, a hooded man in red leaning over her, a dog and spear in a forest.

The Death of Procris

1770, retouched 1803

Painting of a bearded man on a rock gesturing toward light as winged angels in white and red robes surround him.

Moses Shown the Promised Land

1801

Painting of two men in a rocky cave, one in a red coat holding a rifle, one in a feathered headdress and beaded robe.

Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill)

1776