Print made by Charles Heath, 1785–1848, British, Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London, 1818
- Title:
- Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London
- Date:
- 1818
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving and stipple engraving on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with beige chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 11/16 x 13 3/8 inches (49.9 x 34 cm), Plate: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.6 x 29 cm), Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 3/8 inches (36.1 x 26.3 cm), Image: 8 11/16 x 6 1/16 inches (22 x 15.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Proof 25a"; on back, lower right: "6 / - | 25a"
Lettered, lower left: "W. J. Newton. Pinx,,t"; lower center: "BENJAMIN WEST, ESQ.R | PRESIDENT | OF THE | ROYAL ACADEMY OF LONDON: | Dedicated to the Directors of the British Institution, | by their ob,,t Serv,,t | William Jonston White | Published Jan.y 1st, 1818 by W. J. White, 14 Brownlow Street, Holborn, London"; lower right: "C. Heath, Sc/ | Proof"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12722
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | book | cravat | drapery | eyeglasses | gaze | history painter | man | old | painter | portrait | president | robe | Royal Academy of Arts | solemn
- Associated People:
- West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38282
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