# Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael, in Benjamin West

Benjamin West painted this in about 1770, aged about 27. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> West was the first American artist to study in Italy, where he spent three years before permanently settling in London.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: c. 1770
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Framed: 88 x 87.5 x 9 cm (34 5/8 x 34 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 66.5 x 66.3 cm (26 3/16 x 26 1/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1927.393
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Benjamin West](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/benjamin-west), American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1738–1820

West grew up in Pennsylvania and, after three years in Italy, settled in London in 1763, never returning to America. He became history painter to George III and, in 1792, succeeded Joshua Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy.

2 works in the collection.

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