Portrait of an Officer
c. 1794
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of an Officer, c. 1794. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Watercolor on ivory in a contemporary gold frame with plain back; framed: 6.5 x 5.4 cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.); unframed: 6.4 x 5.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1942.1157 The uniform worn by this unknown sitter identifies him as an Indian militia officer.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a contemporary gold frame with plain back
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory, contemporary, gold, frame, plain, back
- Dimensions
- Framed: 6.5 x 5.4 cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.); Unframed: 6.4 x 5.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.1157
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- John Smart - Miniaturist, Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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