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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Benjamin West (American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London)
Date: 1784
Medium: Red chalk on thin off-white laid paper, mounted on off-white laid paper
Dimensions: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 in. (36.4 x 29.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 2002
Accession no.: 2002.1

Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael
Benjamin West
c. 1770 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000245
The Death of Procris
Benjamin West
1770, retouched 1803 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001074
Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross
Benjamin West
c. 1789 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001080
Portrait of a Man
Benjamin West
1790–99 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001384