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About Benjamin West
Benjamin West was an American-born British painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.
Everything about Benjamin West →- Occupation
- painter, architectural drafter, artist
- Position held
- President of the Royal Academy of Arts, President of the Royal Academy of Arts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 10, 1738, November 10, 1738
- Died
- March 11, 1820