Benjamin West, (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter who focused on historical scenes during the times of the American War of Independence. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London (1792-1805 and 1806-1820). Learn more »
Paintings by Benjamin West in Chronological Order
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| Self-portrait, 1758 | Mr. John Williams, 1766 | Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia, 1766 |
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| Mrs. Benjamin West and Her Son Raphael, c.1767 | Agrippine Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, 1768 | General Johnson, 1768 |
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| Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, 1768 | Know Thy Self, c.1768 | Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis, 1768 |
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| Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta, 1768 | Charles Wilson Peale, 1769 | The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum, North America in November 1764, c.1769 |
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| Self portrait, 1770 | The Death of General Wolfe, 1770 | Portrait of Henry Middleton, c.1771 |
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| The Treaty of Penn with the Indians, 1772 | Agrippina and Her Children Mourning over the Ashes of Germanicus, 1773 | Cymon and Iphigenia, 1773 |
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| Mr. Robert Grafton and Mrs. Mary Partridge Wells Grafton, 1773 | Sir Joseph Banks, 1773 | Portrait Of Raphael West And Benjamin West Jr., 1775 |
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| Fidelia and Speranza, 1776 | Hagar and Ishmael, 1776 | Helen Brought From Paris, 1776 |
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| Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye, 1776 | Queen Charlotte, 1776 | The Golden Age, 1776 |
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| Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1777 | Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York, 1778 | Princes William and Edward, 1778 |
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| The Bard, 1778 | George III of the United Kingdom, 1779 | Portrait of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom, with Windsor and the royal family in the background, 1779 |
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| Portrait of the Drummond Family, 1781 | The Ambassador from Tunis with His Attendants as He Appeared in England in 1781, 1781 | Portrait of Prince Octavius, 1783 |
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| The Meeting of Lear and Cordelia, 1784 | King Lear, c.1788 | Portrait of Ann Barbara Hill Medlycott, 1788 |
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| His Majesty George III Resuming Power, c.1789 | Angels Announcing the Birth of Our Savior, 1790 | Christ Showing A Little Child As The Emblem Of Heaven, 1790 |
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| The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1791 | The Damsel and Orlando, 1793 | Dr. Enoch Edwards, 1795 |
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| Harvesting at Windsor, 1795 | Woodcutters in Windsor Park, 1795 | Death on the Pale Horse, 1795 |
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| Simeon with the Infant Jesus, c.1796 | General Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1797 | Peter Beckford, 1797 |
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| The Woman Clothed with the Sun Fleeth from the Persecution of the Dragon, c.1797 | Calypso's Reception of Telemachus and Me, 1801 | Moses Shown the Promised Land, 1801 |
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| The Ascension, 1801 | The Hope Family of Sydenham Kent, 1802 | The Angel of the Lord Announcing the Resurrection, 1805 |
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| Narcissus and Echo, 1805 | Mrs. Thomas Keyes and Her Daughter, c.1806 | The Death of Nelson, 21st October 1805, 1806 |
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| The Immortality of Nelson, 1807 | The Death Of Nelson, 1808 | John Eardley Wilmot, 1812 |
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| Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, c.1816 | Self Portrait, 1819 | A Domestic Affliction |
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| American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain | Central panel of a triptych (study for a window at St. Paul's Church, Birmingham) | Christ Coming Up Out of the Jordan |
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| Cicero and the magistrates discovering the tomb of Archimedes | Edward III Crossing the Somme | Epponia giving bread to her husband Sabinus in concealment |
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| Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice | Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac | Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds |
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| Genius Calling Forth the Fine Arts to Adorn Manufactures and Commerce | Isaac's servant trying the bracelet on Rebecca's arm | Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh |
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| Paetus and Arria | Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia (detail) | St. Peter Preaching at Pentecost, YEAR |
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| The Battle of La Hogue, Destruction of the French fleet, May 22, 1692 | The Battle of La Hogue, Destruction of the French fleet, May 22, 1692 (detail) | The Brazen Serpent |
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| The Burghers of Calais | The Death of General Wolfe (detail) | The Death of General Wolfe (detail) |
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| The Indians giving a talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a council fire, near his camp on the banks of Muskingum in North America in Oct. 1764 | Two Angels Singing | William Markham |