Benjamin West (painter) American, 1738 - 1820 The Battle of La Hogue, c. 1778 oil on canvas Overall: 152.7 x 214 cm (60 1/8 x 84 1/4 in.) framed: 180.3 x 241 cm (71 x 94 7/8 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Fund 1959.8.1 Not on View

From the Tour: British and American History Paintings of the 1700s
Object 4 of 8

Exhibition History

1780

Royal Academy, London, 1780, no. 73, as The Destruction of the French fleet at La Hogue, 1692

1851

British Institution, London, 1851, no. 117

1857

Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, Manchester, 1857, no. 109

1891

Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, London, 1891, no. 296, as Destruction of the French Ships in the Bay of La Hogue, after the Battle of Barfleur, 23rd May 1692

1963

Four Centuries of American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1963-1964, unnumbered

1989

Benjamin West: American Painter at the English Court, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1989, no. 21

2001

American Heroism, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2001, no. 1, repro.

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