Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 240
ed to was Benjamin West. Beginning, like Romney, with apicture in which the Death of Wolfe was represented in acommon-sense way, with English soldiers dressed in modern uniformsinstead of Roman togas, West rapidly won the admiration andpatronage of George III. This sufficed him for the remainderof… … FIG. 377.—J. P. CURRAN. (HUGH Hamilton.) National Gallery,Dublin. ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ambitious canvases painted for the King. West was born inPennsylvania in 1738. He came to England in 1763 and spentthe rest of his life in London. He was an original member of theRoyal Academy and…
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