Inspired by the original painting of Benjamin West, this colorful and more primitive version is painted on a wood panel.

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Dimensions: 25 5/8" x 35 7/8"
Date / Circa: 1st half of the 19th century
Maker / Origin: Unidentified artist, Philadelphia
Medium: Oil on a white pine panel
Miscellaneous: After the engraving by John Hall was published by John Boydell in London 1775, it became popular amongst artists, both trained and untrained, to copy this famous painting already an American icon. This particular painting descended in the family of Dr.Benjamin Rush(1745-1813), one of Philadelphia's most famous surgeons at Pennsylvania Hospital and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Both wood analysis and paint analysis confirm the possibility of the painting having been completed before Dr. Rush's death.

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