William and Elizabeth Young with a Daughter, Possibly Olivia

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Artist Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738–1820)American, active England, 1738–1820

CultureAmerican

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William and Elizabeth Young with a Daughter, Possibly Olivia

Date1767

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 54 3/4 × 68 11/16 in. (139 × 174.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 64 7/16 × 79 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (163.7 × 201 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Endowment for American Art

Object number2026.207

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Sir William Young, 1st Baronet (1725-1788); Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet (1750-1815); Sir William Lawrence Young, 3rd Baronet (1778-1824); Sir William Lawrence Young, 4th Baronet (1806-1842); Sir William Norris Young, 5th Baronet (1833-1854); Sir George John Young, 6th Baronet (1835-1854); Sir Charles Lawrence Young, 7th Baronet (1839-1887); Sir William Lawrence Young, 8th Baronet (1864-1921); Sir Charles Alban Young, 9th Baronet (1865-1944); Sir William Young, 10th Baronet, to 2025; [Bonhams Bond Street, Old Master Paintings, 3rd December 2025, lot 60]; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., London, 2025]; purchased by MFAH, 2026.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Published References Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1986, no. 723, ill. p. 28. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in black paint, lower left: B. WEST. PINXIT / 1767
Verso: Top stretchbar inscribed in white chalk: LADY YOUNG 4 OIL PAINTING (TOP BE CRATED)

Recto: Signed in black paint, lower left: B. WEST. PINXIT [print]

Verso: Labels on verso of stretcher: Hamish Dewar Fine Art Conservation, London; Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, London

Catalogue raisonnéHelmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West (New Haven and London, 1986), p. 569, no. 723, ill. p. 28.

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