Benjamin West
The Battle of La Hogue
1778152.7 x 214.3 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 524
Provenance
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1731-1802)
his son, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (1767-1845)
his son, Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster (1795-1869)
his son, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899)
his grandson, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879-1953)
his estate
sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1959, nr. 125
with John Nicholson Gallery, London and New York
sold 11 December 1959 to NGA
Other works by Benjamin West
Saul and the Witch of Endor
1777
1777
Colonel Guy Johnson
1776
1776
Self-portrait
c. 1770
c. 1770
Venus Consoling Cupid, Stung by a Bee
Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
1775
1775