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Title: Brooklyn Museum Quarterly
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Brooklyn museum quarterly
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Publisher: Brooklyn
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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altogether at their back, and sit, like Patience on amonument, whilst they are delineating the lines of my face. It isproof, among many others, of what habit and custom may effect.At first I was as impatient at the request, and as restive under theoperation, as a colt is of the saddle. The next time I submittedvery reluctantly, but with less flouncing. Now no dray-horsemoves more readily to the thill, than I to the Painters Chair. ^^ The name of Benjamin West (1738-1820) should re-ceive note, not alone because he was the first and onlyAmerican to become President of the British RoyalAcademy, but because he was the kindly friend and in-structor of the many Americans who wxnt to England tostudy in the period 176.5 to 1820. Among others, Pratt,Trumbull, C. W. Peale, Stuart, Malbone, Dunlap, AUston,Sully, Morse and Leslie sought and received his instructionand help. West was born at Springfield, Pennsylvania, ^^ Quoted from Original Portraits of Washington^ by ElizabethJohnston, p. 40. 79
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GOVERNOR GEORGE CLINTON From the painting by JOHN TRUMBULL, the property of the City of New York, in the exhibition of Early American Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum. and died in London. In 1763, at twenty-one, he sailedfrom New York and after a tour on the continent, wentto England. The classic revival which was spreading overEurope greatly influenced West and he began his longcareer as an historical painter shortly after his arrival inLondon. He painted a succession of pictures from Romanand Greek history, and one of his early canvases, the De-parture of Regulus—a commission from the King—estab-lished his reputation, and during his long life he literallypoured forth large canvases on historical, mythological andbiblical subjects, said to exceed three thousand in number.Upon the death of Sir Joshua Reynolds he was chosen Presi-dent of the Royal Academy in 1792. An example of hisportraiture was shown in that of Dr. Enoch Edwards, adistinguished American friend, which was painted

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