id: 99445
accession number: 1919.1018
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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
title: British Manufactory; A Sketch
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creation date: 1791
creation date earliest: 1791
creation date latest: 1791
current location: 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: America, 18th century
technique: oil on paper mounted on wood
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820) - artist
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measurements: 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.)
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inscription: signed lower center: B. West 1791
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: The World of Benjamin West
opening date: 1962-05-01T04:00:00
The World of Benjamin West. Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (organizer) (May 1-July 31, 1962).
title: The Age of Neoclassicism
opening date: 1972-09-07T04:00:00
The Age of Neoclassicism. Arts Council of Great Britain (organizer) (September 7-November 19, 1972).
title: Zwei Jahrhunderk Englische Malerei (British Painting and the European Continent)
opening date: 1979-11-20T05:00:00
Zwei Jahrhunderk Englische Malerei (British Painting and the European Continent). Haus der Kunst, Munich, Munich, Germany (organizer) (November 20, 1979-January 27, 1980).
title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)
opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00
British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Charitable Mechanics Association, Fine Arts Department, Boston, MA (1878).', 'opening_date': None}
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PROVENANCE
Raphael L. West [1769-1850] and Benjamin West, Jr. [1772-1849], the artist's sons, by descent
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(London sale, 1829)
date: 1829
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Mrs. S.J. Tuttle, Boston, MA, 1878
date: 1878
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(William Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, 1919, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1919
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1919-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Brayley, E. W, and J Britton. The Beauties of England and Wales : Or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive of Each Country. London, United Kingdom: Vernor, 1801.
page number: Reproduced: p. 260 vol. 1
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Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Arts; A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from Its Foundation in 1769 to 1904. London, United Kingdom: H. Graves and Co, 1905.
page number: Reproduced: p. 215, no. 167
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Annmary Brown Memorial, Rush C. Hawkins, and C. H. Collins Baker. Paintings in Oil & Water Colours by Early & Modern Painters. London, United Kingdom: Printed for the owner by the Medici Society, 1913.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 52-53
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"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 7/8 (1919): 132-34.
page number: Mentioned: p. 132
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25136315
Barker, Virgil. American Painting, History and Interpretation. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1950.
page number: Mentioned: p. 199-211
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Galt, John. The Life of Benjamin West (1816-1820). Gainesville, FL: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1960.
page number: Mentioned: p. 214, 218
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Croft-Murray, Edward. Decorative Painting in England, 1537-1837. London, United Kingdom: Country Life, 1962.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 290-292
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Allentown Art Museum. The World of Benjamin West: Being the Account, Ornamented by Reproductions, of the Art of a Native Pennsylvanian, from His Early Attempts at Face-Painting and the Painting of History to His Final Eminent Station As President of the Royal Academy, & Followed by Notable Examples from the Most Eminent Painters of the British Realm and of the Continent and Those of the Most Assiduous Students of Mr. West's Instruction ... : to Be Freely Admired by the Lovers of Both Art and History, between May 1st and July 31st of This Bi-Centennial Year in Allentown. Allentown, PA: Printed for the Allentown Art Museum, 1962.
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Hawley, Henry H. Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif. Cleveland,
OH: Cleveland Museum of Art; distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, 1964.
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Skidmore College. American Allegorical Paintings, Drawings and Prints. Saratoga Springs, NY.: Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, 1968.
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Council of Europe, Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), Victoria and Albert Museum, and Arts Council of Great Britain. The Age of Neo-Classicism: [Catalogue of] The Fourteenth Exhibition of the Council of Europe [Held at] the Royal Academy and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 9 September - 19 November, 1972. London, United Kingdom: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972.
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Irwin, David G. Neoclassicism. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon, 1997.
page number: Mentioned: p. 172-175; Reproduced: p.173
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Maryland Historical Society, and John B. Boles. Maryland Heritage: Five Baltimore Institutions Celebrate the American Bicentennial. Baltimore, MD: The Society, 1976.
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Gage, John, and Michael Kitson. Zwei Jahrhunderte englische Malerei: britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880. München, Germany: Haus der Kunst, 1979.
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Forty, Adrian. Objects of Desire. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1986.
page number: Mentioned: p. 13-17; Reproduced: p. 15
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Erffa, Helmut von, and Allen Staley. The Paintings of Benjamin West. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1986.
page number: Mentioned: p. 90, 93, 409-411; Reproduced: p.411
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Boime, Albert. Art in an Age of Revolution, 1750-1800. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
page number: Mentioned: p. 370-382; Reproduced: p. 372
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Reilly, Robin. Wedgwood. New York, NY: Stockton Press, 1989.
page number: Mentioned: p. 663-684; Reproduced: p. 372
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Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 259
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Rouet, Philippe. Approaches to the study of Attic vases: Beazley and Pottier. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2001.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 21-24
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Fox, Celina. The Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment. New Haven CT: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2009.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 353-354
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