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CHARLES WEST, an English painter; born in 1811; studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy; and first exhibited at the Academy in 1831. In 1843 he gained a prize of $1,500 for his picture "The First Trial by Jury"; in 1844, by his fresco the "Meeting of Jacob and Rachael," secured the commission for one of six frescoes for the House of Lords, producing accordingly "Edward the Black Prince receiving the Order of the Garter." Altogether he executed eight frescoes for the House of Lords. Some of his noted works are: "Last Days of Cardinal Wolsey," "Prince Henry before Justice Gascoigne," "Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers," "Burial of Charles I.," "Parting of Lord William and Lady Russell," "L'Allegro and Il Penseroso," "Milton's Dream," "Ann Page and Slender," "Lear and Cordelia."
He became an A. R. A. in 1844 and R. A. in 1848, but retired in 1883. He died in Bournemonco, Aug. 21, 1890.
COPECK (a lance), a Russian copper coin, so called from the impression of St. George bearing a lance, the hundredth part of a silver ruble, or about the eightieth part of a paper ruble.