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A detail study for the Battle of Bunker's Hill.<br />
Lent by the Gallery of Fine Arts, Yale University.<br />
WEST, Benjamin, 1728-1820<br />
(See also page 85.)<br />
Born Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; died London, England. Studied<br />
with William Williams, an English artist, in Philadelphia. 1757,<br />
graduated from University of Pennsylvania. Sent by Philadelphia<br />
patrons to Rome to study in 1760. 1763, opened a studio<br />
in London, won the king's patronage. 1792, West succeeded<br />
Reynolds as second president of the Royal Academy. Received<br />
and taught a considerable number of young American artists in<br />
his studio.<br />
17. Portrait Group of Robert Drummond, tenth Earl of Kinnoull;<br />
Thomas Drummond; and Miss Abigail Drummond.<br />
Signed in full at right and dated 1781. Oil on canvas. 50Ys"<br />
by 6m".<br />
Collection: The Earl of Kinnoull.<br />
Exhibited: New York, M. Knoedler and Company, October-November,<br />
1921, Brooklyn Museum, West exhibition, 1922, no<br />
32. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, West exhibition,<br />
1938, no. 33 (repr.). Raleigh, North Carolina, December<br />
1945-January 1946, nos. 5 and 6.<br />
Mentioned and reproduced: Antiquarian, VII, 1926, p. 104.<br />
Connoisseur, XC, 1932, p. 351.<br />
Reproduced: Arts and Decoration, XVI, 1921, p. 104.<br />
Lent by M. Knoedler & Company, New York.<br />
18. General Kosciusko.<br />
Signed and dated lower left, "B. West, 1797". Oil on canvas.<br />
171/2" by 121/2".<br />
Collection: L. W. Neeld, Esq.<br />
Exhibited: probably the "Portrait of General Kosciusko" sent by<br />
West to exhibition at Royal Academy, 1798, no. 618. London,<br />
West's Gallery, West memorial exhibition, 1823, no. 63-<br />
Catalogued: Gait, The L<strong>if</strong>e and Studies of Benjamin West, London,<br />
1816, p. 231.<br />
Lent by M. Knoedler and Company, New York.<br />
19. Death on the Pale Horse (sketch ).<br />
Oil on paper. HVi' by IIV2".<br />
Mentioned: Carey, Critical Description and Analytical Review<br />
of "Death on the Pale Horse", 1817, p. 115-116. Kimball,<br />
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