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West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, artist.

The paintings of Benjamin West / Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1986.

xii, 606 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

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Benjamin West was the first American-born artist to achieve international significance. From rural origins in the British colony of Pennsylvania, West became Historical Painter to George III and president of the Royal Academy in 1792. This volume proides the first fully-illustrated catalog of all West's paintings and more important drawings. The authors begin with a delineation of West's life and career spanning some 70 years and present 739 entries, documenting and illustrating the paintings as fully as possible.

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 -- Catalogs.

Painting, American -- 18th century.

Painting, American -- 19th century.

Painting, English -- 18th century.

Painting, English -- 19th century.

Catalogs.

Erffa, Helmut von, 1900-1979, compiler.

Staley, Allen, compiler.

"A Barra Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and indexes.

America 1738-1760 -- Italy and England -- History painting, neo-classicism, George III, and the Royal Academy -- The death of General Wolfe and new directions in the 1770s -- Patronage and major commissions 1773-1801 -- The venerable West, 1792-1820 -- Catalogue. Historical subjects ; Mythological subjects ; Homeric and related subjects ; Subjects from Renaissance and modern literature ; Subjects from the Old Testament and Apocrypha ; Subjects from the New Testament ; Saints ; Allegorical subjects ; Decorative programs ; Genre subjects ; Landscapes ; Animals ; Miscellaneous studies ; Copies ; Portraits of West and family ; Portraits of the royal family ; Portraits of other identified subjects ; Portraits of miscellaneous groups ; Portraits of unidentified subjects -- West's paintings for the Royal Chapel in Windsor Castle -- History of the European settlements in America.

Table of contents

Table of contents

The Paintings of Benjamin West by Helmut von Erffa; Allen Staley Review by: Wayne Craven The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , Vol. 111, No. 4 (Oct., 1987), pp. 573-575

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