Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India
1787
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
Drawings
Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India, 1787. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Watercolor and gouache heightened with white gouache on paper; sheet: 9.1 x 7.9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.); image: 8.8 x 7.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 in.); secondary support: 18.1 x 16 cm (7 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.80 John Smart retained hundreds of sketches which were passed down in turn to his son, granddaughter, and great-grandchildren.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor and gouache heightened with white gouache on paper
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, heightened, white, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 9.1 x 7.9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Image: 8.8 x 7.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 in.); Secondary Support: 18.1 x 16 cm (7 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, lower right, in black ink: J S / 1787 / Madras ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: 6 1/8 x 6 7/8 Foskett, Daphne. John Smart: The Man and His Miniatures, pp. 13, 76, 89. London: Cory, Adams & Mackay, 1964.
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1997.80
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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