Nevertheless, historical subjects are what he is best known for, such as Penn's Treaty with the Indians and his most famous work, in which a British general strikes a Christ-like pose.
The Archbishop of York commissioned a work from this artist which depicts Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus. His Departure of Regulus from Rome was painted shortly before becoming the official historical painter for the king of England. Some art critics believe that his Death on a Pale Horse marks a shift away from the neoclassic toward the romantic. Nevertheless, historical subjects are what he is best known for, such as Penn's Treaty with the Indians and his most famous work, in which a British general strikes a Christ-like pose. FTP name this painter of The Death of General Wolfe.
The Archbishop of York commissioned a work from this artist which depicts Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus.
Benjamin {West}