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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 |
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Provenance
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor [1731-1802]; his son, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster [1767-1845]; his son, Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster [1795-1869]; his son, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster [1825-1899]; his grandson, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster [1879-1953];[1] his estate; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1959, no. 125); (John Nicholson Gallery, London and New York); sold 11 December 1959 to NGA.
[1] Helmut Von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London, 1986, 209; for the owners' dates see George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant, new ed., 13 vols., London, 1910-1959, 12(1959):537-542.
Associated Names
- Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Hugh Lupus
- Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, Richard
- Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster, Robert
- Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur
- Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster, Richard
- Nicholson Gallery, John
- Sotheby Parke-Bernet
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