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Benjamin West

Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso)

1792
black crayon

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Benjamin West was born into poverty in rural Pennsylvania, the youngest of ten children, but rose to become the first American artist to train in Italy and command a successful career as a history painter in England.

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