Moses consecrating Aaron and his sons to the priesthood. c1795. Location of finished painting unknown. Oil sketch: 1795. Oil on canvas. 37.5 x 28.8 ins. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. War Memorial Chapel.
Phillip Medhurst
A Pilgrimage to Truth
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Moses receiving the Laws on Mount Sinai. 1784. Oil on canvas; 548.6 x 373.3 cm. Parliamentary Art Collection, Palace of Westminster, London. This nearly 18-foot-tall painting was a huge undertaking accomplished with help from Gilbert Stuart and John Trumbull — both of whom are in the composition — who were then studying with West in […]
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Moses destroying Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea. c1792. Location of finished painting unknown. Sketch: oil on canvas. 96.8 x 76.2 cms (38 1/8 x 30 ins). The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Moses and his brother Aaron before Pharaoh, their Rods turned into Serpents. 1796. Oil on canvas 148 x 115 ins. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. War Memorial Chapel.
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Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh the sons of Joseph. 1766-68. Oil on canvas. 39 7/8 × 51 ins (101.3 × 129.5 cms); frame: 47 5/8 × 58 7/8 × 3 ins (121 × 149.5 × 7.6 cms). Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A.
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Jacob tending Laban’s sheep. Painting. Location unknown.
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Jacob tending Laban’s sheep. Lithograph after the original drawing of the same subject by Benjamin West in the Prints Division of the New York Public Library, which is signed and dated, “B. West 1783”. (The lithograph was possibly intended for inclusion in the album “Specimens of Polyautography of 1803”.) Morgan Museum and Library, New York.
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The Birth of Jacob and Esau (Jacob and Esau presented to Isaac). c1796. Oil on canvas. 72 x 101 ins. War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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Isaac’s servant trying the bracelet on Rebekah’s arm. 1775. Oil on canvas. Height: 124 cms (48.82 ins), Width: 160 cms (62.99 ins). Yale Center for British Art, U.S.A.
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The Call of Abraham going to sacrifice his son Isaac. c1799. Oil on canvas. 20 5/8 x 29 1/8 inches. Wichita Art Museum. It is likely that this painting was commissioned by William Beckford for Fonthill Abbey. Beckford’s financial reverses in 1823 resulted in the auction of the Fonthill art collection which included this painting […]
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