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Benjamin West — Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael
Benjamin West

Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael

1770

Portraying the artist's wife and son in an intimate domestic setting, this work exemplifies West's ability to combine formal portraiture with tender familial sentiment in the Grand Manner tradition.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Benjamin West, Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael, 1770

Portraying the artist's wife and son in an intimate domestic setting, this work exemplifies West's ability to combine formal portraiture with tender familial sentiment in the Grand Manner tradition.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1770
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Brown, Family, Serene, American, Historical, Portrait, Neoclassical, 18th Century, Figurative, Oil on Canvas

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