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Benjamin West

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Artist

Charles Robert Leslie (Anglo-American 1794–1859)

Date

1818

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

58 x 48 in. (147.3 x 121.9 cm)

Description

3/4 length portrait, elderly male subject seated in large chair or sofa; left arm resting on arm rest; right arm resting on opposite art rest; subject wearing black robes, white neck cloth; balding head; large framed painting partially visible at right; angled curtain partially visible at left

Credit Line

Gift of Henry Pickering, 1824

Object Number

UR140