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Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an American history painter around and after the time of the American War of Independence and the Seven Years' War. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London, serving from 1792 to 1805 and 1806 to 1820. He was offered a knighthood by the British Crown, but declined it, believing that he should instead be made a peer. He said that "Art is the representation of human beauty, ideally perfect in design, graceful and noble in attitude."
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Benjamin West Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia
1766
Benjamin West Cleombrotus Ordered into Banishment by Leonidas II, King of Sparta
1768
Benjamin West Mrs Worrell as Hebe
c.1775–8
Benjamin West The Last Supper
1784
Benjamin West Lady Beauchamp-Proctor
1778
Benjamin West The Bard
1778
Benjamin West The Golden Age
1776
Benjamin West Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt
1777
Artist as subject
Gilbert Stuart Benjamin West, P.R.A.
?exhibited 1781
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