Biography of Benjamin West 1738-1820

Benjamin West 1738-1820 is in Painters.

On 10 Oct 1738 Benjamin West was born.

In 1765 Benjamin West (age 26) and Elizabeth Shewell were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map].

Around 1769 Benjamin West (age 30). Portrait of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 17).

Before 1771. Benjamin West (age 32). Portrait of Jocosa Drury Lady Cust (age 21).

Jocosa Drury Lady Cust: On 19 Apr 1749 she was born to Thomas Drury 1st Baronet and Martha Tyrrell Lady Drury. On 16 Oct 1770 Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire. On 11 Feb 1772 Jocosa Drury Lady Cust died, probably of childbirth, since her daughter was born in 1771.

1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of Anna Maria Schutz as the Cumaean Sibyl reading music at a table.

Anna Maria Schutz: In 1749 John Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke and she were married.

1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of Catherine Clayton Baroness Howard de Walden (age 24) as the Perisan Sibyl reading at a table writing.

Catherine Clayton Baroness Howard de Walden: Around 1748 she was born. In 1765 John Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke and she were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years. On 15 Aug 1807 she died.

1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of John Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke (age 52).

1772. Benjamin West (age 33). Portrait of Edward Astley 4th Baronet (age 42).

1773. Benjamin West (age 34). Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet (age 29).

Around 1773. Benjamin West (age 34). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Elizabeth Shewell and their son Raphael.

Elizabeth Shewell: In 1765 Benjamin West and she were married at St Martin in the Fields.

1777. Benjamin West (age 38). Portrait of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 32).

1778. Benjamin West (age 39). Portrait of the Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 18).

Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor: In 1760 she was born. On 05 May 1778 Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk. In 1848 she died.

In 1790 Thomas Phillips (age 19) travelled to London with an introduction to Benjamin West (age 51) who found him employment on the painted-glass windows of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].

1793. Benjamin West (age 54). Self-Portrait.

Before 1795. Benjamin West (age 56). Thomas Grosvenor (age 60).

Around 1801. Benjamin West (age 62). Milkmaids in St James' Park [Map] with Westminster Abbey [Map] Beyond.

Before 1802. Benjamin West (age 63). Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 70).

1805. Benjamin West (age 66). Portrait of the artist's wife [his wife] Elizabeth Shewell and their son Benjamin West III.

1812. Benjamin West (age 73). Portrait of John Eardley-Wilmot (age 64).

John Eardley-Wilmot: In 1748 he was born to John Eardley-Wilmot. On 23 Jun 1815 John Eardley-Wilmot died in Bengal, India.

1814. Benjamin West (age 75). Portrait of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland.

On 11 Mar 1820 Benjamin West (age 81) died.