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
Do. of Moses consecrating Aaron and his Sons to the priesthood.
Picture of the View of Windsor-Castle from Snow-Hill, in the Great Park.
Do. of a Mother inviting her little Boy to come to her through a small
Stream of Water.
Do. of the naming of Samuel, and the prophesying of Zacharias.
Do. of the Ascension of our Saviour.
Do of the Birth of Jacob and Esau.
Do. of the Brewer's Porter and Hod Carrier.
Do. of Venus attended by the Graces.
Do. of Samuel, when a Boy, presented to Eli.
Do. of Christ's Last Supper. (In brown colour.)
Do. of the Reaping of Harvest, with Windsor in the back-ground.
Do. of Adonis and his Dog going to the Chace.
Do. of Christ among the Doctors in the Temple.
Do. of Moses shown the Promised Land.
Do. of Joshua crossing the River Jordan with the Ark.
Do. of Christ's Nativity.
Do. of Mothers with their Children, in water,
Do. of Cranford Bridge.
Do, of the sketch of Pyrrhus when a Child, before King Glaucus.
Do. of the Traveller laying his Piece of Bread on the Bridle of the dead
Ass. From Sterne.
Do. of the Captivity. From ditto.
Do. of Cupid letting loose Two Pigeons.
Do. of Cupid asleep.
Do. of Children eating Cherries.
Sketch of a Mother and her Child on her Lap.
The small picture of the Eagle bringing the Cup to
Psyche.
The picture of St. Anthony of Padua and the Child.
Do. of Jacob, and Laban with his Two Daughters.
Do. of the Women looking into the Sepulchre, and beholding Two Angels
where the Lord lay.
Do. of the Angel loosening the Chains of St. Peter in Prison.
Do. of the Death of Sir Philip Sydney.
Do. of the Death of Epaminondas.
Do. of the Death of Bayard.
The small sketch of Christ's Ascension.
The sketch of a Group of Legendary Saints. In imitation of Reubens.
The picture of Kosciusco on a Couch, as he appeared in London, 1797.
Do. of the Death of Cephalus.
Do. of Abraham and Isaac:--"Here is the Wood and Fire, but where is the
Lamb for Sacrifice."
The sketch of the Bard. From Gray.
Do. of the Pardoning of John by his brother King Henry, at the
Solicitation of his Mother.
Do. of St. George and the Dragon.
The picture of Eponina with her Children, giving Bread to her Husband when
in Concealment.
The sketch on paper of Christ's Last Supper.
The picture of the Pardoning of John, at his Mother's Solicitation.
Do. of the Death of Lord Chatham.
Do. of the Presentation of the Crown to William the Conqueror.
Do. of Europa crowning the Bull with Flowers.
Do. of Mr. West's Garden, Gallery, and Painting-Room.
Do. of the Cave of Despair. From Spenser.
The picture of Christ's Resurrection.
The sketch of the Destruction of the Spanish Armada.
The picture of Arethusa bathing.
The sketch of Priam soliciting of Achilles the Body of Hector.
The picture of Moonlight. (Small.)
The small sketch of Cupid showing Venus his Finger stung by a Bee.
The drawings of the Two Sides of the intended Chapel at Windsor, with the
Arrangement of the Pictures, &c.
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