About this artwork
This lithograph is widely considered to be the first artist’s lithograph ever made. West, then President of the Royal Academy, was one of a small number of major artists approached by the technique’s inventor, Alois Senefelder (1771–1834), to trial his new process as a means for producing multiple drawings. He termed these early products 'impressions taken from original drawings made on stone'. West has applied the lithographic ink using a pen to draw directly onto the printing stone.
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artist:
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title:Angel of the Resurrection
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date created:1803
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materials:Lithograph on paper
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measurements:sheet: 23.50 x 23.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1958
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accession number:P 2379
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Benjamin West
Benjamin West
West was the first American artist to gain an international reputation, above all for his dramatic history painting. He was born in Pennsylvania and received no formal artistic training. The four years he spent in Italy (1759-63) confirmed his interest in depicting heroic subjects from ancient and...