Portrait of Charlotte Bertie, née Warren, 4th Countess of Abingdon
1778
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
Drawings
Portrait of Charlotte Bertie, née Warren, 4th Countess of Abingdon, 1778. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Graphite and wash on laid paper; sheet: 8.5 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 5.8 x 4.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.572 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
- Sheet: 8.5 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 5.8 x 4.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed on verso of paper to top in brown ink: [L]ady Abingto[n] 1778; inscribed at bottom of verso in graphite: J Smart / Lady Abington
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1941.572
- 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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