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Benjamin West Esq., President of Royal Academy and Historical Painter to His Majesty - Benjamin West (1738-1820) - 1805
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Benjamin West Esq., President of Royal Academy and Historical Painter to His Majesty

ArtistBenjamin West (1738-1820)
EngraverThomas Holloway (1748-1827)
Date1805
TechniqueEtching
CategoryPortraits
SourceA Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square

Description

Portrait of Benjamin West (1738-1820), second president of the Royal Academy and historical painter to King George III. The background architecture references his neoclassical historical compositions.