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West, Benjamin

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Painter, born near Springfield, Pennsylvania, of Quaker parentage; was self-taught, painted portraits at the age of 16, went to Italy in 1760, and produced such work there that he was elected member of several of the Italian academies; visited England on his way back to America in 1763, where he attracted the attention of George III., who patronised him, for whom he painted a goodly number of pictures to adorn Windsor Castle; he remained in England 40 years, painting hundreds of pictures, and was in 1792 elected President of the Royal Academy in succession to Sir Joshua Reynolds; among his paintings were "The Death of General Wolfe," "Edward III. at Crécy," and "The Black Prince at Poitiers" (1738-1817).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'West, Benjamin'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/west-benjamin.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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