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  • Drawings by Benjamin West and his son, Raphael Lamar West / by Ruth S. Kraemer.

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    • [Boston] : D. R. Godine, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
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  • Benjamin West : the context of his life's work, with particular attention to paintings with religious subject matter, including a correlated version of early nineteenth-century lists of West's paintings, exhibitions, and sales records of his works, and also a current checklist of his major religious works / by John Dillenberger.

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    • San Antonio : Trinity University Press, c1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCX W51 78-10SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Benjamin West : a biography / Robert C. Alberts.

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    • Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCX W51 79-390SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • America's old masters / James Thomas Flexner. Rev ed. with 16 new color ill. and new foreword.

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    • Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1980.
    • 1980
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCW 81-606Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Description of the picture, Christ healing the sick in the temple, painted by Benjamin West ... and now in the British gallery ... : from the Phoenix Sunday and Monday newspaper ... .

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    • London : Printed by and for J. Swan and Son, 1811.
    • 1811
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 82-1185SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • A description of the picture, Christ receiving the sentence of death : with reflections on each principal character : painted by Benjamin West ... and now exhibiting in Pall Mall ... / by C. Langford.

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    • London : E. Justins, 1814.
    • 1814
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 82-1261SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Revealed religion : Benjamin West's commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey : San Antonio Museum of Art, September 18-November 13, 1983 / Nancy L. Pressly.

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    • San Antonio : The Museum Association, c1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 84-1568SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The valiant hero : Benjamin West and grand-style history painting / Ann Uhry Abrams.

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    • Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 86-1793SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Benjamin West in Pennsylvania collections : published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 1 to April 13, 1986.

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    • [Philadelphia] : The Museum, c1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 87-1860SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Benjamin West, American painter at the English Court : June 4-August 20, 1989.

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    • Baltimore : Baltimore Museum of Art, [1989]
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 89-21218SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300
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  • The world of Benjamin West : being the account, ornamented by reproductions, of the art of a native Pennsylvanian, from his early attempts at face-painting and the painting of history to his final eminent station as president of the Royal Academy.

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    • Allentown, Pa. : Allentown Art Museum, 1962.
    • 1962
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 90-7090SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Benjamin West and his American students / by Dorinda Evans.

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    • Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980.
    • 1980
    • 2 Items
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    Text 3-MCW 81-823Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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    Text 3-MCW 91-6652Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Benjamin West, romanticism in religious drawings : [exhibitions], Delaware Art Museum, July 14-September 10, 1989 / essay by Anna Jean Rhodes.

    • Text
    • Wilmington, DE : The Museum, [1989]
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51 94-10784SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The progress of genius, or, authentic memoirs of the early life of Benjamin West, Esq. / compiled from materials furnished by himself by John Galt.

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    • Boston : L.C. Bowles, 1832, c1830.
    • 1832-1830
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (West) (Galt, J. Progress of genius) (1832)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The republican court. V. 3 [graphic]

    • Still image
    • 1783-1890.
    • 1783-1890
    • 1 Resource

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  • Benjamin West's family : the American President of the Royal Academy of Arts, not a Quaker / by Charles Henry Hart.

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    • Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1908.
    • 1908
    • 2 Items
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    Text APV (West) (Hart, C. H. Benjamin West's family)Offsite
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    Text NYGB ND 237 W4Offsite
  • Famous painters of America, by J. Walker McSpadden.

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    • New York, T.Y. Crowell & Co. [1907]
    • 1907
    • 1 Item
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    Text JQZ 12-3928Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Famous painters of America.

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    • New York, Dodd, Mead & company, 1923.
    • 1923
    • 1 Item
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    Text JQZ 12-3930Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Critical description and analytical review of "Death on the pale horse," painted by Benjamin West, P.R.A., with desultory references to the works of some ancient masters, and living British artists...

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    • London, 1817.
    • 1817
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51.C2 (Carey, W. Critical description and analytical review of "Death on the pale horse")SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The life and studies of Benjamin West Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London, prior to his arrival in England; comp. from materials furnished by himself, by John Galt.

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    • London, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1816.
    • 1816
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51.G2 (Galt, J. Life and studies of Benjamin West. 1816)SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The life and studies of Benjamin West, Esq., president of the Royal Academy of London, prior to his arrival in England; compiled from materials furnished by himself, by John Galt.

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    • Philadelphia: Published by Moses Thomas. J. Maxwell, printer 1816.
    • 1816
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX W51.G2a (Galt, J. Life and studies of Benjamin West)SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The life, studies, and works of Benjamin West, esq., president of the Royal academy of London, composed from materials furnished by himself, by John Galt.

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    • London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; [etc., etc.] 1820.
    • 1820
    • 2 Items
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    Text 3-MCX W51.G2. 1820 (Galt, J. Life and studies of Benjamin West)SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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    Text MCX W51.G2. 1820 (Galt, J. Life, Studies, and works of Benjamin West)Offsite
  • The life of Benjamin West (1816-1820). A facsimile reproduction, with an introd. by Nathalia Wright.

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    • Gainesville, Fla., Scholars' facsmilies and reprints, 1960.
    • 1960
    • 2 Items
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    Text *R-Pforz BIO (West, B.) (Galt. 1960)Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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    Text MCX W51.G2 1960 (Galt, J. Life of Benjamin West)Offsite
  • Benjamin West, his life and work; a monography by Henry E. Jackson, with a letter by Henry Van Dyke; twelve illustrations.

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    • Philadelphia, The J.C. Winston Co., 1900.
    • 1900
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCX W51.J2 (Jackson, H. E. Benjamin West)Offsite
  • Benjamin West, 1738-1820.

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    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1938.
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCX W51.P4 (Philadelphia museum of art. Benjamin West)SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The American work of Benjamin West, by William Sawitzky.

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    • [Philadelphia, 1938]
    • 1938-1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCX W51.S2 (Sawitzky, W. American work of Benjamin West)Offsite
  • America's old masters; first artists of the new world [by] James Thomas Flexner.

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    • New York, The Viking Press, 1939.
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCW (Flexner, J. T. America's old masters)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • The artists of America: a series of biographical sketches of American artists; with portraits and designs on steel. By C. Edwards Lester ...

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    • New York, Baker & Scribner, 1846.
    • 1846
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCW (Lester, C. E. Artists of America)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Benjamin West and the taste of his times.

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    • Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1959.
    • 1959
    • 1 Item
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    Text MCX+ W51.E92 (Evans, G. Benjamin West and the taste of his times)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Biographical stories, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; with questions.

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    • Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884.
    • 1884
    • 1 Item
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    Text A p.v. 706Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Biographical stories for children. Benjamin West, Sir Isaac Newton, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Cromwell, Benjamin Franklin, Queen Christina. By Nathaniel Hawthorne ...

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    • Boston, Tappan and Dennet, 1842.
    • 1842
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KL (Hawthorne, N. Biographical stories for children)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Description of the picture, Christ rejected by the Jews, painted by Benjamin West... / by A.D. M'Quin.

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    • [Boston] : [s.n.], 1830
    • 1830
    • 1 Item
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    Text *C p.v. 1172 19 titlesSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Benjamin West, 1738-1820 [microform].

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    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1938.
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 686-693Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Death on the pale horse, or The opening of the seals, (from 6th chapter of Revelations,) containing forty figures on convass, twenty feet long, by twelve feet high [microform]

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    • [n.p., 18--?]
    • 18
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    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 714-721Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • A description of the picture, Christ receiving the sentence of death; with reflections on each principal character: painted by Benjamin West ... and now exhibiting in Pall Mall . [microform] By C. Langford.

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    • London, E. Justins, 1814.
    • 1814
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 855-861Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Benjamin West's painting of Penn's treaty with the Indians [microform] By Ellen Starr Brinton ...

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    • [Swarthmore, Pa., 1941]
    • 1941-
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM MAR p.v. 776-783Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Description of the picture, Christ healing the sick in the Temple, painted by Benjamin West ... and now in the British Gallery . [microform] From The Phoenix Sunday and Monday newspaper ...

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    • London, J. Swan and Son, 1811.
    • 1811
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 807-813Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • A description of, and critical remarks on the picture of Christ healing the sick in the temple [microform] painted by Benjamin West, and presented by him to the Pennsylvania Hospital. By John Robinson ...

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    • Philadelphia, Pub. by S.W. Conrad for the Pennsylvania Hospital, William Brown, printer, 1818.
    • 1900-1983
  • Benjamin West; [Microform] an address by Frederic Newlin Price ... Observing the 200th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin West, on the occasion of Founders' Day, October 29, 1938 ... Delivered under the auspices of the Benjamin West Society and Swarthmore College.

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    • [Swarthmore, Pa.] 1939.
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 655-660Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Description of the picture, Christ healing the sick in the Temple, painted by Benjamin West ... and presented by the author to the Pennsylvania Hospital [microform]

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    • Philadelphia, J. Webster, 1817.
    • 1817
  • A description of, and critical remarks of the picture of Christ healing the sick in the temple [microform] painted by Benjamin West, Esq. ... and presented by him to the Pennsylvania Hospital ...

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    • Philadelphia, S.W. Conrad, for the Pennsylvania Hospital, William Brown, 1818.
    • 1818
    • 2 Items
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    Text *ZM-100 MCW p.v. 9-13Offsite
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    Text *ZM-100 MCW p.v. 9-13Offsite
  • Catalogue of pictures, representing Christ rejected, Christ healing in the temple, and a design of our Saviour's crucifixion [microform] : with sketches from other scriptural subjects, painted by B. West, Esq., president of the Royal Academy, and historical painter to the King, now exhibiting in Pall-Mall, near Carleton House.

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    • London : Printed by C.H. Reynell, 1816.
    • 1900-1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM-19 no. 1-24Offsite
  • A tribute of respect to the memory of Benjamin West, esq., late president of the Royal Academy ... who died 11th March 1820 [microform].

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    • Ludgate Hill [London] Wilder, Wilder [1820]
    • 1900-1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM-42 v. 1-18Offsite
  • Benjamin West's "The death of Wolfe" [microform] ...

    • Text
    • Ann Arbor : The William Clements Library, 1928.
    • 1928
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 287Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Benjamin West : allegory and allegiance / Derrick R. Cartwright.

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    • San Diego, Calif. : Timken Museum of Art, c2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
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    Text JQF 05-549Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Political caricatures [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1792-1796.
    • 1792-1796
    • 1 Resource

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  • The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, v. 2 (Supplement) [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1783-1890.
    • 1783-1890
  • Benjamin West [microform] : his life and work / a monograph by Henry E. Jackson, with a letter by Henry Van Dyke; twelve illustrations.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : J.C. Winston, 1900.
    • 1900
  • The life, studies, and works of Benjamin West, esq., president of the Royal Academy of London [microform] / composed from materials furnished by himself.

    • Text
    • London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820.
    • 1970-1820
  • Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin, by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis.

    • Text
    • Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, [c1947]
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
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    Text J B West HOffsite

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