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WEST, William Edward, artist, born in Lexington, Kentucky, 10 December, 1788; died in Nashville, Tennessee. 2 November, 1857. He was first a pupil of Thomas Sully in Philadelphia, and in 1819 visited Italy to continue his studies. In 1825 he went to London, where he remained until 1839. He returned to the United States, going first to Baltimore in 1840, to New York, and in 1855 to Nashville, Tennessee He excelled especially in portraiture, and in Europe executed likenesses of Washington Irving, Lord Byron, and the Countess Guiecioli, Percy B. Shelley, Mrs. Hemans, and many other well-known persons. His figure-pieces include "Pride of the Village," "Annette de l'Arbre," "Confessional" (belonging to the New York historical society), "The Toilet," and "Judith and Holofernes."
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