British Manufactory; A Sketch
1791
Benjamin West
Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
American Painting and Sculpture
British Manufactory; A Sketch, 1791. Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820). Oil on paper mounted on wood; framed: 67.4 x 80 x 5.2 cm (26 9/16 x 31 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.); unframed: 51 x 65 cm (20 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1919.1018 A group of Native Americans taught the young West how to make his first paints.
- Maker/Artist
- West, Benjamin
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on paper mounted on wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 67.4 x 80 x 5.2 cm (26 9/16 x 31 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 51 x 65 cm (20 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower center: B. West 1791
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1919.1018
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The World of Benjamin West, The Age of Neoclassicism, Zwei Jahrhunderk Englische Malerei (British Painting and the European Continent), British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020), Portland Vase: Mania & Muse (1780-2023), Charitable Mechanics Association, Fine Arts Department, Boston, MA (1878).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
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