id: 96328
accession number: 1916.2059
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2059
updated: 2025-02-08 22:25:12.395000
Portrait of Benjamin West, 1818 or later. Copy after Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830). Oil on canvas; framed: 102 x 88.5 x 11 cm (40 3/16 x 34 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.); unframed: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.2059
title: Portrait of Benjamin West
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creation date: 1818 or later
creation date earliest: 1818
creation date latest: 1830
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creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: England, 18th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 102 x 88.5 x 11 cm (40 3/16 x 34 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1956.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
1908 James Matthews (London, England), sold to Louis Kronberg, 1908;
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1908 - 1916 Louis Kronberg, possibly 1872 - 1965 (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Reproduced: p. 203; Mentioned: p. 202
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"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 26-37.
page number: Mentioned: p. 27
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136070
"Recent Changes in the Painting Galleries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 2/3 (1918): 22-27.
page number: Mentioned: p. 25
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25136174
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2059/1916.2059_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2059/1916.2059_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.2059/1916.2059_full.tif