William Edward West

(1788-1857)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: West, William Edward, 1788-1857 LBT ID: WiWest1857 VIAF ID: 65436640 LOC ID: n85098027	B/BAP: 1788-12-10 DIED: 1857-11-02
SOURCES: ANB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
American painter who studied under Thomas Sully and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London 1826-33.
REFERENCES TO William Edward West: Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 27 August 1822 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 8 Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry), “Adventures of an English Officer in Greece. No. I.” in New Monthly Magazine NS 17 (August 1826) 172-181 Found 1: ¶ n1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1822 Found 1: ¶ 10 [John Gibson Lockhart], “Moore's Life of Lord Byron” in Quarterly Review 44 (January 1831) 168-226 Found 2: ¶ 101 ¶ n1