Christ Blessing Little Children. 1781. oil on canvas. 116.6 cms (45.91 ins) x 214.9 cms (84.61 ins). Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London.
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Christ heals the sick in the Temple. 1815. Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Owing to the acclaim achieved by a previous version, West painted this one. Completed in 1815, with an improved plan of composition, it arrived at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1817.
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Christ heals the sick in the Temple. c1780-1, completed 1811; 9 x 14 feet; destroyed during WW2. This sketch: 1794. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 28 5/8 x 45 3/8 ins (72.7 x 115.3 cms). Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California. On its completion in 1811 it was exhibited in London to immense […]
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Christ heals the sick. c1780 – 1781. Oil on canvas. 90.5 cm x 69.8 cms. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. An early design for the decoration of Windsor Castle chapel.
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John the Baptist baptising Jesus. c1794, signed 1797. Oil on canvas. 148 x 115 ins. War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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John the Baptist. Date. 28 May 1796. Print. Line engraving, engraved by John Landseer. Published by Thomas Macklin (1752/3 – 1800). 308 mm x 258 mms. Royal Academy of Arts Collection.
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John the Baptist. Signed and dated 1787 21 x 13 ins (53 x 32cms). Black chalk drawing on sheet of buff paper. It appears to be a preparatory study of a large scale oil painted in order to be engraved for the Macklin Bible (c1793). (Location of this drawing and related painting unknown). This painting, […]
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The Infant John the Baptist. 21 December 1781. Mezzotint print. 233 x 190 mms. Engraved and published by Valentine Green in London. (Location of original painting unknown.) Royal Academy of Arts collection.
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Simeon with the infant Jesus. c1796. Oil on canvas. 121.92 cms (48 ins) x 90.49 cms (35.63 ins). Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan.
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The Wise Men’s Offerings. 1799. Oil on canvas. 27 x 22 ins (68.5 x 56 cms);33¾ x 29¼ ins (85.7 x 74.3 cms). Private collection. This painting relates, with differences, to West’s composition for the window for St. George’s Chapel, Windsor which was installed in 1796. The window has since been removed, but the composition […]
