General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian
Benjamin West · 1764
The story
General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian is an oil painting on canvas by the British-American artist Benjamin West, completed between 1764 and 1768. It depicts a scene during the French and Indian War, and was painted a few years after the event depicted in the painting, and is now in the collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
- Artist
- Benjamin West
- Date
- 1764
- Collection
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, United Kingdom
- Medium
- oil paint
- Size
- 129.5 × 106.5 cm
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