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