Benjamin West

Benjamin West is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Delaware County, dedicated 1948.

Delaware County · dedicated 1948 · N Chester Rd. (PA 320) at college entrance, Swarthmore (Missing)

Famous American painter; born in this house, Oct. 10, 1738. Best known for the picture, "Penn's Treaty with the Indians." Died 1820, in Europe, where he had lived since 1759.

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