Benjamin West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy

Print made by William Thomas Fry, 1789–1843, British, Benjamin West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy, 1820

Creator:

Print made by William Thomas Fry, 1789–1843
after Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Published by Thomas Cadell the younger, 1773–1836

Title:

Benjamin West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy

Date:

1820

Medium:

Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 inches (22.1 × 15.3 cm), Image: 5 11/16 × 4 7/16 inches (14.4 × 11.3 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "3/-"

Lettered, lower center: "BENJAMIN WEST, ESQ.R. | President of the Royal Academy. | Engraved by W.T. Fry, from an Original Picture painted by Himself in 1793. | London, Published July 12th, 1820, by T. Cadell in the Strand."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.12717

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38275

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