Portrait of Anna Maria Woolf, née Smart

c. 1785

John I Smart

John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)

Drawings

Portrait of Anna Maria Woolf, née Smart, c. 1785. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Graphite and wash on laid paper; framed: 9.1 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.); unframed: 6.7 x 5.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.564 After living in India for many years, Anna Maria was en route to England when she was forced to disembark at St. Helena to give birth to her son.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Smart, John I
Classification: Portrait Miniature
Formatted Medium: graphite and wash on laid paper
Medium: graphite, wash, laid, paper
Dimensions: Framed: 9.1 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 6.7 x 5.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Signature: none; inscribed on front of paper at upper right corner: 1[?][?]; inscribed on paper backing, in graphite at left center: Indi; upside down, at left above center: 38; inscribed in brown ink at center, on back of drawing: Mrs Peirce
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1941.564
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, England, (March 5-8, 1904).
Rights Statement: CC0