Portrait of Mr. Shippard
c. 1776
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
Drawings
Portrait of Mr. Shippard, c. 1776. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Graphite and wash on laid paper; framed: 8.5 x 7.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.); unframed: 5.7 x 3.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.571 Sketches helped John Smart work out the particulars of a portrait before commencing the miniature on ivory, and they were useful in the event that a duplicate might later be required.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- graphite and wash on laid paper
- Dimensions
- Framed: 8.5 x 7.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 3.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed very faintly in graphite on front at upper right: 161; on back (paper backing to which drawing paper was adhered) inscribed in graphite, at top upside down: 161; also on paper backing in graphite, on a slant at lower left: Mr. Jones; inscribed on back of drawing, beneath paper backing, in graphite: Mr Shippar[d] large Bracelet size
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1941.571
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Royal Amateur Art Society Exhibition of Miniatures</em>, Moncorvo House, London, (March 5-8, 1904).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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