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Benjamin West: American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain  wikidata:Q20655979 reasonator:Q20655979
Artist
Benjamin West  (1738–1820)  wikidata:Q313498 q:it:Benjamin West
 
Benjamin West
Description American-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1738 / 10 November 1738 Edit this at Wikidata 11 March 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Springfield Township London
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London, Roma, Philadelphia
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artist QS:P170,Q313498
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Title
American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain (unfinished oil sketch)
Object type painting / unfinished creative work Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Benjamin West, American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain, 1783-1784, London, England. (oil on canvas, unfinished sketch), Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, gift of Henry Francis du Pont. From left to right: John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The British commissioners refused to pose, and the picture was never finished.
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Date between 1783 and 1784
date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 72.3 cm (28.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 92 cm (36.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+72.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+92.07U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2585168
Accession number
1957.0856 (Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://www.nccsc.net/archives/poetry/poems/treaty-paris-1783
Other versions Another version of the painting is in the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Reception Rooms in Washington, D.C.

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