- Creator:
- Galt, John, 1779-1839
- Title:
- The progress of genius, or, Authentic memoirs of the early life of Benjamin West, Esq. : compiled from materials furnished by himself / by John Galt.
- Alternate Title(s):
- Progress of genius
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Published / Created:
- Boston : Leonard C. Bowles, 1832, c1830.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 88 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. 15 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Frontispiece portrait of "The young artist" engraved by Edward Gallaudet; after Gabriel Beranger.
- Subject Terms:
- West, Benjamin, 1738–1820. | Painters -- United States -- Biography. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1832.
- Form/Genre:
- Biography.
- Contributors:
- West, Benjamin, 1738–1820. | Gallaudet, Edward, 1809–1847, engraver. | Beranger, Gabriel, ca. 1729–1817, ill.