Portrait of Benjamin West

Thomas Lawrence

Cleveland Museum of Art

The portrait depicts a middle-aged to elderly man with a receding hairline and thinning hair on the top of his head. He has a balding crown with some hair combed over it. His eyebrows are dark. He wears a dark-colored coat or jacket, possibly black, with a white cravat or necktie and a light blue or gray scarf. The background of the portrait is a solid reddish-brown color. The subject is Benjamin West, painted by Thomas Lawrence.