Genre: genre subject / Image Available: Available / Creator: West, Benjamin, 1738–1820

1. Milkmaids in St. James's Park, Westminster Abbey Beyond

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 39 5/8 × 56 1/2 inches (100.6 × 143.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Gentlemen Fishing

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on slate
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 17 inches (30.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. A Ford at Wrentham, Suffolk

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (17.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Two Kneeling Figures

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (16.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Connoisseur

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 inches (37.5 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Characters in the Streets of London

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches (30.2 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Page Boy Asleep

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 9/16 inches (21.4 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Child Seated

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 3 13/16 inches (15.9 x 9.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Landscape at Henstead

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (17.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Christening in Chevening Church, Kent

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches (11.6 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Man and Woman Holding Baby, Seated on Bank

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 5 3/16 inches (16.4 x 13.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study of Trees

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 x 8 1/2 inches (30.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Figures Looking out to Sea

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 7/16 inches (18.4 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Sketch for a Family Group

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 7 3/16 inches (22.2 x 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Mother and Child with Young Boy Leaning on Window Sill

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, light blue, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 1/8 x 4 7/16 inches (10.5 x 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Artist's Wife and Child

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 20 1/8 inches (33 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Woman and Girl at a Writing Desk

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (19.1 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

19. Woman at a Square Piano

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (16.2 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study for the Death of a Knight

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (8.2 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

21. Pax Artium Nutrix

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Jonah: An Oratorio, Disposed For Voice And Harpsicord

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Farm near Windsor

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 1/2 inches (27.9 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Reapers

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving with hand coloring
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 x 26 1/2in. (55.9 x 67.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Milkmaids in St. James's Park, Westminster Abbey Beyond

2. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

3. Gentlemen Fishing

4. A Ford at Wrentham, Suffolk

5. Two Kneeling Figures

6. The Connoisseur

7. Characters in the Streets of London

8. Page Boy Asleep

9. A Child Seated

10. Landscape at Henstead

11. A Christening in Chevening Church, Kent

12. Man and Woman Holding Baby, Seated on Bank

13. Study of Trees

14. Figures Looking out to Sea

15. Sketch for a Family Group

16. Mother and Child with Young Boy Leaning on Window Sill

17. Artist's Wife and Child

18. Woman and Girl at a Writing Desk

19. Woman at a Square Piano

20. Study for the Death of a Knight

21. Pax Artium Nutrix

22. Jonah: An Oratorio, Disposed For Voice And Harpsicord

23. A Farm near Windsor

24. Reapers