Artwork details · 2026-10-26

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian

by Benjamin West · 1764

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian by Benjamin West

Artist

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 Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.

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Artwork

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.

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Artist
Benjamin West
Year
1764
Movement
Neoclassicism
Country
United States
Location
Derby Museum and Art Gallery