Benjamin West

Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 523

Provenance

Ethel Dixon-Brown (died c. 1950), Henfield, Sussex
sale Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1927, nr. 54, as a portrait of Sir Joseph Banks
bought by Frank T. Sabin, London
sold 27 November 1936 to M. Knoedler & Co., New York
sold 21 January 1937 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1940 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1940.1.10

Other works by Benjamin West

Una and the Lion (Mary Hall in the Character of Una)
1771

Saul and the Witch of Endor
1777

The Battle of La Hogue
1778

Self-portrait
c. 1770

Venus Consoling Cupid, Stung by a Bee