Benjamin West was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He is one of the first internationally renowned American artists. In his American homeland he initially painted mainly portraits. When his patron William Allen financed a trip to Italy for him, he was able to visit Rome in 1760 and copied paintings of Tizian and Raffael. In 1763 he settled in London, where he became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts. After the death of the first president, he presided over the Academy until the end of his life.
West is one of the earliest painters of classicist history paintings. When his painting "The Death of General James Wolfe in Quebec" was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1771, it caused a sensation and an unprecedented influx of visitors. Soon copies of the painting were sold in large numbers in the form of engravings. Instead of antiquating the 1759 scene depicted by means of vestments and poses, as contemporaries advised him, West transposed the historical circumstances into his painting in an accurately documented manner. He called this technique, which he also continued in "Death of Nelson" and "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians in November 1683", an "epic representation".
West was commissioned with portraits of the British royal family, received an annual salary of £1000 as the official history painter of the royal house and managed the royal collection of paintings until his death in 1820.
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.jpg "The Apotheosis of Nelson, 1807 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Cupid and Psyche by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Death of Nelson, 1806 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Destruction of the Beast and the False Prophet, 1804 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Edward III Crossing The Somme by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Lot Fleeing from Sodom by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Sketch for \"Penn")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Boyne, pub. 1865 by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1632058).jpg "Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. William Beckford) by Benjamin West")
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 published 1817 (hand-coloured engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-73743).jpg "The Battle of New Orleans and the Death of Major General Packenham, 8th January 1815, engraved by Joseph Yeager, published 1817 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Battle of La Hogue, Destruction of the French Fleet, May 22, 1692, from `Illustrations of English and Scottish History")
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_The_Honourable_Robert_Monckton_(1726-17_-_(MeisterDrucke-391515).jpg "Major-General (later Lieutenant-General) The Honourable Robert Monckton (1726-1782), at the Taking of Martinique, 1762, c.1763-64 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Sir Joseph Banks, 1773, Botanist by Benjamin West")
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 and George William Drummond 1776 - (MeisterDrucke-68477).jpg "Portrait Group of the Drummond Family, Peter Auriol Drummond, Mary Bridget Milnes Drummond, and George William Drummond by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Cupid, Stung by a Bee, is Cherished by His Mother, 1774 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Cupid, Stung by a Bee, Is Cherished by His Mother by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles by Benjamin West")
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_de_Mecklembourg_Strelitz_-_(MeisterDrucke-961986).jpg "Queen Charlotte (Sophia-Charlotte, Sophia Charlotte) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), wife of George III of England - painting by Benjamin West, Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom (1744-1818) by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1457568).jpg "Anna Maria Schulz, Lady Griffin by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Portrait of Six Children of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Their Royal Highnesses) by Valentine Green")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-878214).jpg "Hamlet - Act IV, Scene V (Ophelia Before the King and Queen) by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "British Manufactory; A Sketch by Benjamin West")
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_1759_engraved_by_Augustin_Legrand_(engravin_-_(MeisterDrucke-37862).jpg "The Death of General Wolfe, engraved by Augustin Legrand by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Saul Before Samuel and the Prophets, 1812 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Death of Chatham by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Charles II of England Arrives on the Beach at Dover, May 25, 1660 by William Woollett")
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.jpg "Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "King William III During the Battle of the Boyne, 1690 by John Hall")
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 1767-9 - (MeisterDrucke-302485).jpg "Portrait of Charles Wilson Peale by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1356659).jpg "The Battle at La Hogue, 1692 by William Woollett")
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.jpg "P. John")
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.jpg "Study for \"Jephthah")
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.jpg "Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "British Manufactory, A Sketch by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1482834).jpg "Arethusa by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Angel of the Resurrection, from")
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_c17_-_(MeisterDrucke-667111).jpg "Design for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Battle of La Hogue, c1781 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Moses Shown the Promised Land by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Venus Relating to Adonis the Story of Hippomenes and Atalanta by John Hall")
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.jpg "Hector Taking Leave of Andromache: The Fright of Astyanax, 1766 by Benjamin West")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-1602).jpg "Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald (The Death of the Stag) by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Artist")
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.jpg "The Battle of La Hogue, c.1778 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Meeting of Lear and Cordelia, 1784 by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1218435).jpg "Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. William Beckford) by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Philip of Acarnania Reading a Letter to Alexander the Great by Valentine Green")
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.jpg "St. Paul Shaking off the Viper by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Cupid, Stung by a Bee, Is Cherished by His Mother by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "William Penn, English Quaker Colonist, Treating with Native North Americans, 1682 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Phaeton Asking Apollo to Drive the Sun Chariot by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Indians Delivering Up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet Near His Camp at the Forks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Alexander")
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.jpg "The Women at the Sepulchre - The Angel at the Tomb of Christ by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a Conference at a Council Fire Near His Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Artist and His Son Raphael, c.1773 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "William I receiving the crown of England, engraved by George Noble, illustration from David Hume")
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.jpg "Mrs. West and Child by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Gentlemen Fishing by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham on the 8th of January, 1815, engraved by J. Yeager, published by McCarly and Davis by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Study for a Painting of The Angels Appearing to the Shepherds, 1774 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Venus Comforting Cupid Stung by a Bee, 1813 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the forks of Muskingum, North America in November 1764 by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1520200).jpg "Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, c.1761 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "St. Paul Saved From a Shipwreck off Malta, altarpiece of the Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Queen Mary Block by Benjamin West")
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 on 13th September 1759 c1770 (oil on copper panel) - (MeisterDrucke-172070).jpg "The Death of General Wolfe on 13th September 1759, c.1770 by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-896546).jpg "The Bathing Place at Ramsgate by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Peter Beckford by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Lord Byron, at the Age of Thirty-Four by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Return of the Prodigal Son by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Road Scene in Windsor Forest by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1630205).jpg "Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham, c.1797 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Venus at Her Birth Attired by the Three Graces by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Portrait of Dr. Richard Price, holding a letter from Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899857).jpg "Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Death of General Wolfe, September 13th, 1759, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Chryseis Returned to Her Father, 1771 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Cicero Discovering the Tomb of Archimedes by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Grey, Third Son of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford, Dated 1766 by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Battle of La Hogue by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "The Resurrection by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Paetus and Arria by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Project for a Monument,")
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.jpg "Mary Bethel Boude, Mrs. Samuel Boude by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye Captain David Hill by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael by Benjamin West")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1629790).jpg "An Angel by Benjamin West")
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.jpg "Milkmaids in St. James")
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