Copley and West

Question 1

Answer 1

Benjamin West, Self-Portrait,

• 1738 (PA)-1820 (London)
• Career in America lasts from about 1748 to 1760 when he left for Europe
• Study classical monuments and sculpture in Italy
• Settled in England (1763)
• Becomes Historic Painter to the King (1772)
• Elected to the Royal Academy
• Later becomes President of Royal Academy (1792)
• Influential teacher for subsequent generations of painters who will seek out his advice and instruction

Question 2

Answer 2

Benjamin West, Landscape with a Cow, 1747-52, oil on cedar panel, 30 x 52 inches

Question 3

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Benjamin West, Death of Socrates, c. 1756

Question 4

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William Williams, Portrait of a Boy, c. 1770-75.

Question 5

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William Williams, Deborah Hall, 1766

Question 6

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Benjamin West, Mrs. George Gross, 1755-6, o/c, 42 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches.

Question 7

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Benjamin West, Jane Gallaway, 1757

Question 8

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Benjamin West, Thomas Mifflin, 1758-9

Question 9

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Anton Mengs, Parnassus, 1760-61

Question 10

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Benjamin West, Agrippina Bringing the Ashes of Germanicus to Brundisium, 1768

Question 11

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Apollo Belvedere, Roman Copy of a Greek Original, late 4th Century BCE

Benjamin West, Drawing of Apollo Belvedere, c. 1760-62

Question 13

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Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1770

Question 14

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Benjamin West, Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, 1771-2

Question 15

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Benjamin West, The Cave of Despair, c. 1772

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Benjamin West, King Lear, 1778

Question 17

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Benjamin West, Death on a Pale Horse, 1796

Question 18

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Matthew Pratt

1765

Question 19

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Matthew Pratt, Madonna of St. Jerome, 1764-66

Question 20

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John Singleton Copley, Self-Portrait, 1769

Question 21

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Joseph Blackburn, Mary Sylvester, 1754, o/c,

49 3/4 x 40

Question 23

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John Singleton Copley, Reverend William Welsteed, 1753, mezzotint, 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.

Question 24

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John Singleton Copley, Charles Pelham, c. 1753-4, o/c, 36 x 28

Question 25

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John Singleton Copley, The Forge of Vulcan, 1754, o/c. 30 x 25

Question 26

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John Singleton Copley, The Return of Neptune, c. 1754

Question 27

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John Singleton Copley, book of anatomical drawings, 1756, graphite, chalk, and ink on paper, 17 1/2 x 12 inches

Question 28

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John Singleton Copley, Mary and Elizabeth Royall, c. 1758, o/c, 57 1/2 x 48 in.

Question 29

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John Singleton Copley, Boy With a Squirrel (Henry Pelham), 1765, o/c, 30 1/4 x 25 inches

Question 30

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John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere, 1768, o/c , 35 x 28 1/2 in.

Question 31

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John Singleton Copley, Samuel Adams, 1770-72, o/c, 50 x 40 1/4 in.

Question 32

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John Singleton Copley Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Mifflin, 1773, oil on ticking, 60 1/2 x 48 in.

Question 33

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John Singleton Copley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard, 1775, o/c, 69 x 88 1/2 inches.

Question 34

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John Singleton Copley, The Copley Family, 1776-7, o/c, 71 1/2 x 90 1/4 in.

Question 35

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John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778, o/c, 72 1/2 x 90 1/4 in.

Question 36

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Robert Deighton, Brook Watson, 1803. Hand-colored etching

Question 37

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John Singleton Copley, Death of the Earl of Chatham, 1779-81

Question 38

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John Singleton Copley, William Pepperrell and Family, 1778, o/c, 90 x 108 in.

Question 39

Answer 39

John Singleton Copley,

Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782

Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in.