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The Golden Age (© Tate)
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The Golden Age

Artist: Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)

Location: Tate

Date: 1776

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66 x 76 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £2,500 (Total: £10,000)

Vendor: Leger Galleries

Review number: 2300 (1967)

Provenance:
Benjamin West; by descent, Raphael West; George Robins; Sir John Neeld, Bart; S.Eckerman.

Description:
Three generations are painted in an interior; a mother and child in the foreground, and her parents at a doorway behind. Also known as 'Portrait of Mrs West'.

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