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Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West in extra-illustrated form, circa 1815-1820

Contains the unbounded former volume 3 of the extra illustrated version of John Galt’s The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West: pages 1, 8, 51, 53, 81, 86, 88.

Contains prints of portraits and a landscape, and original artwork. Original artwork includes A Sketch...

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Main Author: Galt, John, 1779-1839 (Creator)
Collection:The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq., by John Galt in extra-illustrated form (#3239)
Date:1815, 1817, 1816, 1820
Alternate Date:Circa 1815-1820
Box Number:Box 3
Folder Number:Folder 4
Format: Electronic
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Printed Matter
Drawing
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13025
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title Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West in extra-illustrated form, circa 1815-1820
spellingShingle Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West in extra-illustrated form, circa 1815-1820
Galt, John, 1779-1839
title_sort Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West in extra-illustrated form, circa 1815-1820
title_txt_mv Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West in extra-illustrated form, circa 1815-1820
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1817
1816
1820
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Drawing
description Contains the unbounded former volume 3 of the extra illustrated version of John Galt&rsquo;s <em>The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West</em>: pages 1, 8, 51, 53, 81, 86, 88.<br /> <br /> Contains prints of portraits and a landscape, and original artwork. Original artwork includes <em>A Sketch for the Demoniac, Introduced in the Picture of Christ Healing the Sick, which Mr. West presented to the Hospital at Philadelphia</em>, an ink and sepia wash drawing dated 1815 that is a study for the painting <em>Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple</em>, completed in 1817 and given to the Pennsylvania Hospital. The demoniac was intended to represent the hospital&rsquo;s treatment of the mentally ill. The other original artwork in this folder is titled<em> The Resurrection, A study for the picture which was painted for the Church at Barbadoes</em>, a drawing in crayon and wash, the completed painting is at St. George&rsquo;s Church in Barbados.
rights_statement_txt_mv Please contact Rights and Reproduction for more information.
collection The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq., by John Galt in extra-illustrated form
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