Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
1801, published 1803
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in brown on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image/primary support: 32.2 × 23 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 49 × 37.5 cm (19 5/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
228259
About the Artist
Benjamin West · 1738–1820
Benjamin West, born on October 10, 1738, in Springfield, Pennsylvania, emerged as one of the most influential painters of his era despite being entirely self-taught. Growing up in a Quaker family in colonial America, West displayed prodigious talent from childhood, creating portraits and religious scenes with materials gifted by local patrons. By his late teens, he had garnered enough support to t...