Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Title:
Gentlemen Fishing
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on slate
Dimensions:
12 1/8 x 17 inches (30.8 x 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in white paint, lower left: "B. West | 1794"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.289
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
genre subject | wind | fishing | river | men | recreation | water | fishing line | boat
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
A correct catalogue of the works of Benjamin West, es2, La Belle Assemblee, London, June 1808, p. 18, Gale Primary SourceA Correct Catalogue of the Works of Mr. West, Public Characters of 1805, p. 566, V2161 (YCBA)Robert C. Alberts, Benjamin West : A Biography, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1978, p. 221, NJ18 W52 A6 (YCBA)Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy: the Artist, La Belle Assemblee, supplemental pp. 18, V2175 (YCBA)Christie's (UK), Christie's sale catalogue: Catalogue of the collection of angling pictures, early English drawings, and Mezzotints of Arthur N. Gilbey, Esq.: 25 April 1940, Christie's, London, 25 April 1940, pp. 34, lot 136, Fiche B51 (YCBA)John Galt, Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq./ composed from materials furnished by himself, , T. Caddell and W. Davies, London, 1820, Part II pp. 229, ND237 .W45 G4 (YCBA) YCBA Rare BooksJohn Galt, The Life of Benjamin West (1816-1820), Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, Gainesville, FL, 1960, pp. 229, NJ18 W.52 G.35 1960A (YCBA)John Galt, The life studies and works of Benjamin West, esq., President of royal academy of london, Gale Primary Source, London, 1820, p.229, Gale Primary SourceAlgernon Graves, A century of loan exhibitions, 1813-1912, 4, London, p. 1648, no. 51, N5051 G.73 4 Oversize (YCBA)Helmut von Erffa, The Paintings of Benjamin West, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1986, pp. 417, 422, 425, no. 446, NJ18 W52 A12 +E73 Oversize (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, pp. 55, N5247 M385 P28 2001Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 55, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)