Object Number 1957.0856

Object Name

Painting

Title

American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Benjamin West (Artist)
10/10/1738-03/11/1820
Appointed historical painter to king in 1772, and surveyor of the royal pictures in 1790. Co-founded the Royal Academy in London and succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as its president from 1792 to 1820.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1783-1820

Subjects

Portrait; Historical

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

28.5 (H) , 36.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

72.3 (H) , 92.07 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] The Royal Academy of Arts. 2024 Entangled Pasts: Art, Colonialism, and Change, 1768 - Now.
• Published: p. 83
[Book] Seeley, Samantha. 2021 Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain: Migration and the Making of the United States.
• Published: p. 58, fig. 2 (number misrecorded as 1957.0586)
[Catalogue] 2020 Recent Acquisitions.
• Published: p. 50
[Book] Lengel, Edward G. 2020 Colonial Williamsburg: The Story from the Colonial Era to the Restoration.
• Published: p. 103
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: figs. 2-3, pp. 155-7.
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 38, pp. 72-3.
[Article] Sweeney, John A. H. 11//1971 Paintings in the Winterthur Collection. Antiques. 100 (5): 758-767.
• Published: fig. no. 5, p. 762.
[Catalogue] Baum, Kelly, et al. 2016 Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible. 117; 327
• Published: p. 117 & 327
[Article] Van Buymbeke, Bertrand. 2014 La Guerre Qui a Fait L'Amerique. 16-20.
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[Book] Herring, George C. 2012 From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations Since 1776.
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[Book] Peterson, Dennis. 2013 American Government.
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[Electronic] Berger, Joachim, et al. 2014 Europaische Geoschichte Online (European History Online). Leibniz Institut fur Europlaische http://www.ieg-ego.eu/introduction-2010-en
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[Other] National Building Museum. House and Home.
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[Book] Bomford, David. 2014 Unfinished Paintings: Narratives of the Non-Finito.
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[Book] Grossman, Loyd. 2015 Benjamin West and the Struggle to Be Modern.
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[Book] Gelles, Edith B. 2009 Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage.
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[Digital Medium] Twin Cities Public Television & WGBH. 2007 Alexander Hamilton.
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[Book] Horton, Rosalind. 2010 Great American Documents: The Landmark Documents in Our History.
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[Book] Jones, Jacqueline, et al. 2008 Created Equal: A Social and Political History of the United States, To 1877. 1.
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[Book] Semkiw, Walter. 2006 Born Again : Reincarnation Cases Involving International Celebrities, India's Political Legends and Film Stars.
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[Digital Medium] WGBH. 2008 We Shall Remain: Part II - Tecumseh's Vision.
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[Digital Medium] The Discovery Channel. 2007 The American Revolution.
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[Book] Hogan, Margaret A. & Taylor, C. James. 2007 My Dearest Friend: Letters of John and Abigail Adams.
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