Benjamin West

Twelve works, the same twelve for everyone today and new ones tomorrow: from the best known to the ones only a devotee knows.

Best-known works

“The Death of General Wolfe”, 1770
“American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain”, 1783
“The Death of Nelson”, 1806
“General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian”, 1764
“Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky”, 1816
“Death on the Pale Horse”
“Queen Philippa at the Battle of Neville's Cross”, 1789
“The Oath of Hannibal”, 1770
“Penn's Treaty with the Indians”, 1771
“The Burghers of Calais”, 1789
“Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus”, 1768
“Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia”, 1766