James Smithson and Alice Whitworth
1780
Artist, British, 1750 - 1784
Robert Blyth, after John Hamilton Mortimer
Artwork overview
-
Medium
etching on laid paper
-
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
-
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 × 22.8 cm (6 7/8 × 9 in.)
sheet: 29 × 43.3 cm (11 7/16 × 17 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.95
-
Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 281
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Campbell Fine Art, London, 4 May 1992); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1986
Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 281
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: James Smithson Marshal of the King's Bench / 1422~ / Sketch'd by J. H. Mortimer; lower right in plate: Alice Whitworth Wife of James, died without / Issue 1436.~ / Etch'd by R. Blyth; lower center in plate: Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 20th 1780 by R. Blyth; by later hand, lower left in graphite: T; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Box 32
Wikidata ID
Q77259522