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Photo, Print, Drawing British Artillerymen Pulling a Gun. British artillerymen pulling a gun

About this Item

Title

  • British Artillerymen Pulling a Gun.

Other Title

  • British artillerymen pulling a gun

Summary

  • This unfinished ink sketch by Benjamin West (1738-1820) shows British artillerymen from the Napoleonic Wars straining at a rope to drag a canon. The tenth child of a Pennsylvania innkeeper, West became one of the foremost artists of his day, despite having had very little formal education. In 1763, he moved to London, where he became a co-founder of the Royal Academy of Arts. He was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin, and was commissioned by King George III to paint portraits of the royal family. West later became the official historical painter to the court. He is best known for his large-scale paintings of historical scenes as well as for his portraits. The sketch is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world's largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms.

Names

  • West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1800.

Headings

  • -  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • -  1800
  • -  Artillery operations
  • -  Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
  • -  Soldiers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 drawing; 41.9 x 28.7 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Brown University Library.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669875

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

West, Benjamin, Artist. British Artillerymen Pulling a Gun. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669875/.

APA citation style:

West, B. (1800) British Artillerymen Pulling a Gun. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669875/.

MLA citation style:

West, Benjamin, Artist. British Artillerymen Pulling a Gun. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669875/>.