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BENJAMIN WEST AND FAMILY From engraving (of West's painting, about 1772) by George Sigmund and John Gottlieb Facius, published 7 Mo. 26, 1779, by John Boydell, in Cheapside, London. From right to left: Benjamin West (1738-1820), his father, John West (1690-1776), his half-brother, Thomas West (1716-1792), his wife, Elizabeth West (1741-1814) with their infant son, Benjamin West, Jr. (1772-1848), and their son Raphael Lamar West (1766-1850). John and Thomas appear in the Quaker dress of the period. Where is the original painting? ...

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