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File:Johnson saving Dieskau.jpg

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Summary

Benjamin West: General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian  wikidata:Q2285602 reasonator:Q2285602
Artist
Benjamin West  (1738–1820)  wikidata:Q313498 q:it:Benjamin West
 
Benjamin West
Description American-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1738 / 10 November 1738 Edit this at Wikidata 11 March 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Springfield Township London
Work location
London, Roma, Philadelphia
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q313498
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Depicts William Johnson saving the life of Baron Dieskau at the Battle of Lake George, 1755.
Date between circa 1764 and circa 1768
date QS:P571,+1764-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1764-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 129.5 cm (50.9 in); width: 106.5 cm (41.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,129.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,106.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q8012
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Notes Art UK
References An Heroics of Empire: Benjamin West and Anglophone History Painting 1764--1774 pp.33-42
Source/Photographer [1] (archived museum's description of painting lost image)
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also known as irish mohawk

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Sir William Johnson at the Battle of Lake George

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current03:45, 26 November 2014Thumbnail for version as of 03:45, 26 November 20142,002 × 2,500 (2.26 MB)Pierre5018Correction des couleurs et rehaussement de netteté
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22:53, 23 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:53, 23 August 2009454 × 558 (105 KB)Kevin1776{{Information |Description=William Johnson saving the life of Baron Dieskau at the Battle of Lake George, 1755 |Source=http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/ArttreasureGeneralJohnson.htm |Date=c. 1764-1768 |Author={{Benjamin West}} |Perm

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