Portrait of a Man
c. 1775
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
Drawings
Portrait of a Man, c. 1775. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Gray, red, and purple wash and graphite on laid paper; sheet: 5.6 x 4.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.81 Edward B. Greene gave his renowned collection of portrait miniatures to the Cleveland Museum of Art primarily during the 1940s, while drawings such as this came only later, donated by his daughter.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- gray, red, and purple wash and graphite on laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 5.6 x 4.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, in top half, in graphite: Mr Batson ; in top half, in graphite: 158 [upside down] inscribed on back of drawing, in graphite: . . . Bracelet / . . . pring to . . . / cloth cape . . . / . . .
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1997.81
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Royal Amateur Art Society Exhibition of Miniatures</em>, Moncorvo House, London, England (March 5-8, 1904).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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