Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael
c. 1770
Benjamin West
Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
American Painting and Sculpture
Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael, c. 1770. Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820). Oil on canvas; framed: 88 x 87.5 x 9 cm (34 5/8 x 34 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 66.5 x 66.3 cm (26 3/16 x 26 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Gift 1927.393 Born in colonial America, West eventually became a court painter to George III of England.
- Maker/Artist
- West, Benjamin
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 88 x 87.5 x 9 cm (34 5/8 x 34 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 66.5 x 66.3 cm (26 3/16 x 26 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1927.393
- Credit Line
- The Charles W. Harkness Gift
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, Style, Truth and the Portrait, The American Portrait, American Masters, CMA @ Oberlin - American Portraits, London, The Royal Academy of Arts, (1770), see Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904 p. 212, no. 198.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibtion of The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Official Great Lakes Exposition (26 January-4 October 1936), no. 53, p. 30.<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Benjamin West 1738-1820 (1938), cat. no. 18, not illus.<br>Akron, Akron Art Institute, 40 American Painters: A Survey of American Painting from Colonial to Modern Times, fo the Opening of the Institute (December, 1945), illus. cat. no. 2.<br>Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, 10th Anniversary Exhibition (October, 1946), cat. no. 12, not illus.<br>Dayton, Dayton Art Institute, The Artist and His Family (3 March-April, 1950), cat. no. 38.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Style, Truth, and the Portrait (1 October-10 November 1963) cat. no. 46, illus.<br>Greensburg, PA, The Westmoreland Country Museum of Art, The American Portrait (19 September-31 October 1965) <br>Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Art Center, Paintings by American Masters: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition (14 September-19 October 1966), illus. p. 6.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 204 Colonial American
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