Benjamin West
Saint John the Evangelist Called to Write the Revelation

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Saint John the Evangelist Called to Write the Revelation

Date1797

PlaceEngland

MediumOil on five sheets of paper mounted on canvas, itself mounted on wood

DimensionsImage: 57 7/8 × 26 1/2 in. (147 × 67.3 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1985.12

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

106 Cameron Gallery

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePainted in 1797 for William Beckford (1759–1844), Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, England; [possibly Fonthill sale, Christie’s, London, September 17–27, 1822, lots 26 and 27, as one of the two works entitled A Subject from the Revelations, sale not held]; [probably Fonthill sale, Phillips, London, October 10–15, 1823, lots 152, 153, 349 and 350, as one of the four works illustrating the Book of Revelation]; untraced until given by the children of Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton (1830–1918), First Baronet of Copped Hall, Totteridge, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, to the Church of Saint Andrew, Totteridge, 1918; [consigned by the church, Sotheby’s, London, July 9, 1980, lot 73, purchased by the Noortman & Brod Gallery, London]; [Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1985.
Exhibition History"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated on the stone lower left: B West/1797

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