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Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern. By Loyd Grossman. 260mm. Pp 256, 125 col ills. Merrell Publishers, London, 2015. ISBN 9781858946412. £35 (hbk).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2016

Thomas Ardill
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 96 , September 2016 , pp. 473 - 475
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