File:Self Portrait by Benjamin West.jpeg

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Artist
Benjamin West  (1738–1820)  wikidata:Q313498 q:it:Benjamin West
 
Benjamin West
Description American-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1738 / 10 November 1738 Edit this at Wikidata 11 March 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Springfield Township London
Work location
London, Roma, Philadelphia
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artist QS:P170,Q313498
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Self-portrait
Date 1758 or 1759
date QS:P571,+1758-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1758-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1759-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium watercolor on ivory
medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q82001,P518,Q861259
, miniature
Dimensions 6.4 × 4.6 cm (2.5 × 1.8 in)
institution QS:P195,Q1568434
Notes painted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first known miniature in watercolor on ivory known to have been painted by an American artist.
Source/Photographer Yale University Art Gallery [1]
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