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Benjamin West

This Is My Beloved Son

1802

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (31.8 x 22.2 cm)
Collection no.
69.577.1
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

This Is My Beloved Son — Benjamin West. 1802.

Medium: Lithograph. Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (31.8 x 22.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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