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File:Treaty of Paris by Benjamin West 1783.jpg

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Benjamin West: American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain  wikidata:Q20655979 reasonator:Q20655979
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
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artist QS:P170,Q313498
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Title
American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain (unfinished oil sketch)
Object type painting / unfinished creative work Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Benjamin West, American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain, 1783-1784, London, England. (oil on canvas, unfinished sketch), Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, gift of Henry Francis du Pont. From left to right: John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The British commissioners refused to pose, and the picture was never finished.
Depicted people
Date between 1783 and 1784
date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 72.3 cm (28.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 92 cm (36.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+72.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+92.07U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2585168
Accession number
1957.0856 (Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://www.nccsc.net/archives/poetry/poems/treaty-paris-1783
Other versions Another version of the painting is in the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Reception Rooms in Washington, D.C.

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