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Paintings by Benjamin West

(above: Benjamin West, Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V (Ophelia Before the King and Queen), c. 1792, oil on canvas, 152.5 x 109 inches, Cincinnati Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Benjamin West, Genius Calling Forth the Fine Arts to Adorn Manufactures and Commerce, 1789, oil on canvas, De Young Museum.  Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Benjamin West, Death on a Pale Horse, 1796, Detroit Institute of Arts. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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