Preliminary Design for the Painted Window in St. Paul's Church, Birmingham, (painting).

Preliminary Design for the Painted Window in St. Paul's Church, Birmingham, (painting).

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter.

Preliminary Design for the Painted Window in St. Paul's Church, Birmingham, (painting).

Conversion of St. Paul (center), (painting).

St. Paul Persecuting the Christians (left), (painting).

Ananias Restoring St. Paul's Sight (right), (painting).

3 panels. Center panel: 50 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Left panel: 35 1/2 x 9 in. Right panel: 35 1/2 x 9 in.

(Center panel, lower left:) B. West 1786 signed

Religion -- Saint -- St. Paul

Religion -- Christianity

Religion -- New Testament -- Ananias

State of Being -- Phenomenon -- Miracle

Smith College, Smith College Museum of Art, Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063 Accession Number: 1951:169

Formerly in the collection of West, Raphael and Benjamin, Jr. (possibly), until June 1829.

Robins, George (possibly), London, England Sale (June 20-22, 1829)

Lederer, G. P. A., Esq., London, England

Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, England Sale (Dec. 1, 1950), lot 49

Anonymous Collection, 1950.

Frost and Reed, London, England 1950.

John Mitchell and Sons, London, England

Child's Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts May 1951.

Gift of Wing, Caroline R., 1951.

Gift of Wing, Adeline F., 1951.

College Bulletin, Nos. 29-32, June 1951.

Dillenberger, John, "Benjamin West: The Context of His Life's Work," San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1977.

"Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from the Smith College Museum of Art," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Smith College Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 33-34.

College Bulletin, Nos. 29-32, June 1951, fig. 8.

Dillenberger, John, "Benjamin West: The Context of His Life's Work," San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1977, no. 72.

"Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from the Smith College Museum of Art," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Smith College Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 35.

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