The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq.: Composed from Materials Furnished by HimselfGalt, John
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The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq.: Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself
Galt, John
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
The picture of Pylades and Orestes, for Sir George Beaumont.
The original sketch of Cicero at the Tomb of Archimedes, for ditto.
The picture of Leonidas ordering Cleombrotas into Banishment, with his
Wife and Children, for W. Smith, Esq.
Do. of the Marys at the Sepulchre, for General Stibert.
Do. of Alexander and his Physician, for ditto.
Do. of Julius Caesar reading the Life of Alexander.
Do. of the Return of the Prodigal Son, for Sir James Earle.
Do. of the Death of Adonis, for--Knight, Esq. Portland Place.
Do. of the Continence of Scipio, ditto.
Do. of Venus and Cupid, oval, for Mr. Steers Temple.
Do. of Alfred dividing his Loaf, presented to Stationers' Hall by
Alderman Boydell.
Do. of Helen brought to Paris, in the possession of a family in Kent.
A small sketch of the Shunamite's Son restored, &c.
Cupid stung by a Bee, oval, for--Vesey, Esq. in Ireland.
Agrippina surrounded by her Children, and reclining her Head on the Urn
containing the Ashes of Germanicus, ditto.
The Death of Wolfe, the fourth picture, for Lord Bristol.
A do. of do. the fourth picture, in the possession of the Prince of
Waldeck.
A small do. of do. the fifth picture, ditto Moncton family.
A small picture of Romeo and Juliet, for the Duke of Courland.
A small picture of King Lear and his Daughters, ditto.
Do. of Belisarius and the Boy, for Sir Francis Baring.
Do. of Sir Francis Baring and part of his Family, containing six figures
as large as life, ditto.
Do. of Simeon and the Child, as large as life, for the Provost of Eton.
Do. of the late Lord Clive receiving the Duannic from the Great Mogul, a
second picture, for Madras.
The second picture of Philippa soliciting of Edward III. the pardon of the
Burgesses of Calais, in the possession of--Willet, Esq.
Do. of Europa on the back of the Bull, at Calcutta.
Do. of the Death of Hyacinthus, painted for Lord Kerry, but now in the
National Gallery at Paris.
The picture of Venus presenting the Girdle to Juno, painted for
Lord Kerry, and in the National Gallery; figures as large as life
in both pictures.
Do. of Rinaldo and Armida, for Caleb Whitford, Esq.
Do. of Pharaoh's Daughter with the Child Moses, for--Park, Esq.: the
original painted for General Lawrence.
Do. of the Stolen Kiss, painted for ditto, and in the possession of ditto.
Do. of Angelica and Madora, for ditto, ditto.
Do. of the Woman of Samaria at the Well with Christ, ditto.
Do. of Paetus and Arria, in the possession of Col. Smith, at the Tower.
Do. of Rebecca coming to David, for Sir J. Ashley.
The Drawing respecting Christ's Nativity, for Mr. Tomkins, Doctors'
Commons.
Do. of Rebecca receiving the Bracelets at the Well, for the late Lord
Buckinghamshire.
The drawing of the Stolen Kiss, ditto.
Do. of Rinaldo and Armida, ditto.
Do. of a Mother and Child, ditto.
The whole-length portrait of Sir Thomas Strange, in the Town-hall
of Halifax.
Do. of Sir John Sinclair.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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