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John Smart, Portrait of Elizabeth Maria Yates, 1761, watercolor on ivory, overall: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/2
John Smart, Portrait of Elizabeth Maria Yates (verso), 1761, watercolor on ivory, overall: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/2
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John Smart, Portrait of Elizabeth Maria Yates, 1761

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of Elizabeth Maria Yates
Object Date 1761
Former Title Portrait of Mrs. Yates
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Gold bezel set in papier-mâché frame with shooting star hanger
Dimensions Sight: 1 1/4 x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 cm)
Framed: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.4 x 7 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on recto, lower left: “J.S. / 1761.”
Inscribed on verso: “Mrs Yates / (Miss Hennand) / married most likely / St. James’s January / 1759 or 60 / Died 16 Feby / 10 or 12 yrs before 1789 / Buried at S Dunstans / in the East.”
Inscribed in pencil on verso, upper right: “John / Smart”
Credit Line Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/2

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1508

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2025.

 

John Smart, Portrait of Elizabeth Maria Yates, 1761, watercolor on ivory, overall: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/2
John Smart, Portrait of Elizabeth Maria Yates (verso), 1761, watercolor on ivory, overall: 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/2
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