West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

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Portrait of Benjamin West.

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Speech delivered to the Royal Academy at a special meeting held after Reynolds' death.

Abstract: The collection primarily consists of an album filled with drawings, prints, ephemera, and manuscript poems, letters, dedicatory inscriptions, and notes collected or created by John Charles Denham. The album contains 107 small drawings and sketches in graphite, ink, and watercolor by prominent British artists from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries such as Richard Parkes Bonington, John Flaxman, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Paul Sandby, J. M. W. Turner, and Benjamin West, as well as...

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A set of nineteen posters with 112 bust portraits depicting identified men and women, primarily authors, artists, scientists, monarchs, and religious and political leaders from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a group of idealized heads illustrating characteristics identified by phrenologists.

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Concerning West's Death on a Pale Horse and Ibbetson's work in Masham.

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The collection comprises sketchbooks, writings, and correspondence by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) and his family.

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ALS with address leaf.

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Offering to send his coach if West wishes to accompany him to see the drawings in the collection of Mr. Hankey. Ingamells no. 200.

Verso: graphite sketch by West (23 x 26 cm).

Scope and Contents: The letter is sent from No. 82, Great Titchfield Street, Fitzroy Square, addressed to Thomas Leslie at Number 48 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Charles writes a lengthy letter to his brother, telling him of his experiences in London during his artistic training. He acknowledges a recent letter from Thomas that arrived on the Anna Maria and makes some remarks and inquiries about mutual acquaintances, mentioning a captain who is sailing to America and a...

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The papers consist of correspondence, subject files and writings documenting the professional career of Jules Prown in the field of art history.

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The collection comprises correspondence, notebooks, writings, and other manuscript material by or about the artist Joshua Reynolds.

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The papers consist of correspondence, legal and financial records, and writings which document the artistic career, business ventures, and personal life of John Trumbull. The papers also include correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal records of other Trumbull family members and of related Huntington, Lanman, Silliman, and Wadsworth family members. Files of Theodore Sizer containing his research material and writings on John Trumbull are also in the papers.

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View of West's Picture Gallery.