The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . /-/C*/y. .y!.-fj<^^< /»f*M1. /^/y /y J^.:^j^.:r-rui r4i. O-rm^ f/PsrUlr.^ynr^J/ay^yKi^jU/.^-Ay/^n/tf £tyffl,£tTnAJ/,/h^ The Life and Worlis of Benjamin West. 317 used to think, when I looked at the full length picture ofWashington, after G-abriel Stuart,—afterwardscalled The Lansdowne Portrait,—as engraved byHeath, that it was a slip by the engraver, but I haveseen so many engravings since with the name Gabiielthat I can well believe that Gilbert Stuart was quitesincere when he said, Trell, they intended to make anarchangel of me, a

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The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . /-/C*/y. .y!.-fj<^^< /»f*M1. /^/y /y J^.:^j^.:r-rui r4i. O-rm^ f/PsrUlr.^ynr^J/ay^yKi^jU/.^-Ay/^n/tf £tyffl,£tTnAJ/,/h^ The Life and Worlis of Benjamin West. 317 used to think, when I looked at the full length picture ofWashington, after G-abriel Stuart,—afterwardscalled The Lansdowne Portrait,—as engraved byHeath, that it was a slip by the engraver, but I haveseen so many engravings since with the name Gabiielthat I can well believe that Gilbert Stuart was quitesincere when he said, Trell, they intended to make anarchangel of me, anyhow. Here is Benjamin AVest as portrayed by Sir ThomasLawi-ence, who was his successor in the office of thePresident of The Royal Academy. West is shown aslecturing on the properties of color. That accountsfor the rainbow introduced into the upper portion ofthe picture. And on the curtain is depicted TheDeath of Ananias, one of Wests most celebratedpictures. Here is Benjamin Wests portrait of himself. Thecountenance, I think, is more pleasing than thatdepicted by Sir Thomas.

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