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 small picture of Ophelia before the King and Queen, with her
brother Laertes.
Do. of the Recovery of His Majesty in the year 1789.
Do. from Thomson's Seasons, of Miranda and her Two Companions.
Do. of Edward the Third crowning Ribemont at Calais, a sketch.
The picture of Leonidas taking leave of his Family on his going to
Thermopylæ.
Do. of a Bacchanté, as large as life, half-length.
First sketch of the Battle of Cressy.
The picture of Phaëton soliciting Apollo for the Chariot of the Sun.
The second picture of Cicero at the Tomb of Archimedes.
The small picture of Belisarius and the Boy, different from that in the
possession of Sir Francis Baring.
The small picture of the Eagle giving the Vase of Water to Psyche.
Do. of the Death of Adonis, from Anacreon.
Do. of Moonlight and the "Beckoning Ghost," from Pope's Elegy.
Do. of the Angel sitting on the Stone at the Sepulchre.
Second picture of the same, but differing in composition.
A small sketch of ditto.
A sketch of King Lear and his Daughter.
The second picture of Angelica and Madora.
Do. of a Damsel and Orlando.
Mr. West's portrait, half-length.
Sketch of his two Sons, when Children.
Do. when Boys.
Do. when young Men.
Portrait of the Rev.---- Preston.
Picture of the Bacchanté Boys.
Do. of the Good Samaritan.
Picture of the Destruction of the Old Beast and False
Prophet:--Revelation.
Do. of Christ healing the Sick, Lame, and Blind, in the Tenrple.
Do. of Tintern Abbey.
Do. of Death on the Pale Horse; or, the Opening of the Seals.
Do. of Jason and the Dragon, in imitation of Salvator Rosa.
Do. of Venus and Adonis looking at Cupids bathing.
Do. of Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh.
Do. of the Uxbridge Passage-boat on the Canal.
Do. of St. Paul and Barnabas rejecting the Jews, and turning to the
Gentiles.
Picture of the Falling of Trees in the Great Park at Windsor.
Do. of Diomed and his Chariot-horses struck by the Lightning of Jupiter.
Do. of the Milk-woman in St. James's Park.
Do. of King Lear in the Storm at the Hovel.
Do. of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise.
Do. of the Order of the Garter.
Do. of Orion on the Dolphin's back.
Do. of Cupid complaining to Venus of a Bee having stung his finger.
Do. of the Deluge.
Do. of Queen Elizabeth's Procession to St. Paul's.
Do. of Christ showing a Little Child as the Emblem of Heaven.
Do. of Harvest-home.
Do. of a View from the east end of Windsor Castle, looking over Datchet.
Do. of Washing of Sheep.
Do. of St. Paul shaking the Viper from his Finger.
Do. of the Sun setting behind a group of Trees on the banks of the Thames
at Twickenham.
Do. of the driving of Sheep and Cows to water.
Do. of Cattle drinking at a Watering-place in the Great Park, Windsor,
with Mr. West drawing.
Do. of Pharaoh and his Host drowned in the Red Sea.
Do. of Calypso and Telemachus on the Sea-shore; second picture.
Do. of Gentlemen fishing in the Water at Dagenham Breach.
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