William West

British · 1801–1861 · Painter, Draughtsman

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English oil painter and watercolorist (1801-1861)

Born 1801, BristolDied 1861, ChelseaOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q8020205 ↗ULAN 500002295 ↗Museum works 11

Also known as Norway West, W. West, Waterfall West, William West II

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William West, A column of oriental travelers scattered by a dust storm — **A column of oriental travelers scattered by a dust storm**1820–40 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mary Oenslager Fund, 2007 — Open Access (CC0)

William West, A Rocky Coast by Moonlight — **A Rocky Coast by Moonlight**late 1820s · brown wash with blotting and surface scraping on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

William West, Newstead Abbey — **Newstead Abbey**1850
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/db839ede8fff616b3ca55810b5288c40 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

William West, A View in Radnorshire — **A View in Radnorshire**1841
National Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Trust

William West, Soldiers in Costume of the Middle Ages around a Blazing Idol — **Soldiers in Costume of the Middle Ages around a Blazing Idol**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William West, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

William West, A Far Eastern Subject with Palm Trees and Figures on Shore or in Small Rowing Boats — **A Far Eastern Subject with Palm Trees and Figures on Shore or in Small Rowing Boats**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William West, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

William West, Bowmen at a Moonlit Lake Shooting Wildfowl — **Bowmen at a Moonlit Lake Shooting Wildfowl**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William West, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

William West, An Island with Returning Birds at Nightfall — **An Island with Returning Birds at Nightfall**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William West, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

William West, The Avon Gorge from the Summit of the Observatory, Clifton — **The Avon Gorge from the Summit of the Observatory, Clifton**1834
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery

William West, Cheyne Beach, Ilfracombe (Slate Rocks at Ilfracombe) — **Cheyne Beach, Ilfracombe (Slate Rocks at Ilfracombe)**1845
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery

William West, Misty Mountains — **Misty Mountains**n.d. · Brush and brown wash heightened with white gouache, over touches of graphite, on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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