An Allegory of Britain's Mercantile Power

Robert Smirke

Artist, British, 1752 - 1845

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black and brown inks with gray wash over graphite, squared in graphite, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.2 x 19.3 cm (4 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.165

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Covent Garden Gallery, Ltd. [William Drummond], London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1978-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: 4.[?].6; center right in graphite: 2 [?]. 5; upper left in graphite: 12; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: N/C / CM / 26 / 5B / 1/2 box / Clip

Watermarks

BUTTAN SHAW

Wikidata ID

Q64629082

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