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Description: | 'Death of General Wolfe'. Black and white engraving from the original history painting by Benjamin West. This image is glazed.
"West's (1738-1820) history painting in contemporary dress revolutionised history painting and was enormously successful. It became the model for all fallen hero paintings for the next 80 years. West was born in Philadelphia and did not undergo full academic training. He travelled in Italy, where he was influenced by gavin Hamilton and arrived in London, where he settled, in 1763. William Wollett (1735-85) was a renown engraver, producing highly successful images after Stubbs De Loutherbourg as well as West."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1775-1776 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Wollett, William (engraver) and West, Benjamin (painter) | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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