Amanthis

1797

John Raphael Smith

Associated Names
John Raphael Smith

Artist, British, 1752 - 1812

The image is of a person's upper body from the side profile. The person is seated or facing right. They have a smooth complexion, defined eyebrows, and looking straight ahead, with curly hair styled elaborately and adorned with a pearl headband. They wear a garment with a high ruffled collar, accessorized with a drop earring. In their hands are a string of pearls and an ornamented pouch. The background is plain in color, highlighting the individual's details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint touched with black and white chalk on laid paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 52.6 x 40.5 cm (20 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.2 x 41 cm (20 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.65.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 191, State [undescribed proof]

  • Series Title

    Heads of Actresses

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (Lugt 2856). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

2001

  • C. G. Boerner Ltd. Mezzotints from the Collection of Christopher Lennox Boyd. London, 2001: no. 72.

Inscriptions

recto: by later hand, lower left in graphite: O/; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Miss Wallis in the Child of Nature; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 36

Markings

recto: none; verso: unidentified mark (Lugt 2856)

Watermarks

dovecote

Wikidata ID

Q76346371

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