Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Swarthmore was originally named Westdale in honor of painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town. The
Parrish Hall at Swarthmore College
Presbyterian Church, designed by William Lightfoot Price, about 1897
PA 320 southbound in Swarthmore
The Ogden House
Benjamin West
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Benjamin West was an American-born British painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Frankl
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
…SWORTH-mor, locally SWAHTH-mor) is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Swarthmore was originally named Westdale in honor of painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town. The name was changed to Swarthmore after the establishment of Swarthmore College. As of the 2020 census…
Self-portrait, c. 1763
Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus by Benjamin West
Portrait of West from 1770, now housed in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Portrait of Benjamin West by Gilbert Stuart, 1785