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Benjamin West — VisualArtsDB

Benjamin West

Swarthmore, United States · b. 1738 — d. 1820

Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738-1820)

Timeline

Born 1738 — Died 1820

1750s

The Death of General Wolfe

The Death of General Wolfe

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

+3

1760s

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

1770s

The Death of Procris

The Death of Procris

Mrs Worrell as Hebe

Mrs Worrell as Hebe

Fan

Fan

The Golden Age

The Golden Age

+3

1780s

The Raising of Lazarus

The Raising of Lazarus

Sketch for ‘The Ascension’

Sketch for ‘The Ascension’

Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross

Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

+3

1790s

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

View from the Terrace at Windsor

View from the Terrace at Windsor

Figures in Landscape

Figures in Landscape

+1

1800s

Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Works

30 artworks

The Death of General Wolfe

The Death of General Wolfe

, 1758

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

, 1758

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

, 1758

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

, 1758

St. Paul Shaking off the Viper

St. Paul Shaking off the Viper

, 1758

Death of Ananias

Death of Ananias

, 1758

The Death of General Wolfe

The Death of General Wolfe

, 1758

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

, 1766

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta

Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta

, 1768

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

, 1769

The Death of Procris

The Death of Procris

, 1770

Mrs Worrell as Hebe

Mrs Worrell as Hebe

, 1775

Fan

Fan

, 1775

The Golden Age

The Golden Age

, 1776

Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt

Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt

, 1777

The Bard

The Bard

, 1778

Lady Beauchamp-Proctor

Lady Beauchamp-Proctor

, 1778

The Raising of Lazarus

The Raising of Lazarus

, 1780

Sketch for ‘The Ascension’

Sketch for ‘The Ascension’

, 1782

Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross

Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross

, 1784

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

, 1784

Sketch for ‘St Paul Shaking off the Viper’

Sketch for ‘St Paul Shaking off the Viper’

, 1786

Sketch for ‘The Installation of the Order of the Garter’

Sketch for ‘The Installation of the Order of the Garter’

, 1787

An Old Warrior in Armour, Half Length

An Old Warrior in Armour, Half Length

, 1788

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