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John Smart, Portrait of an Officer of the East India Company, 1796, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (7.9 x 6.5 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.1 x 6.7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/37
John Smart, Portrait of an Officer of the East India Company (verso), 1796, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (7.9 x 6.5 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.1 x 6.7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/37
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John Smart, Portrait of an Officer of the East India Company, 1796

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of an Officer of the East India Company
Object Date 1796
Former Title Portrait of a Man
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Gilt copper alloy case
Dimensions Sight: 3 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (7.9 x 6.5 cm)
Framed: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.1 x 6.7 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on recto, lower right: “JS / 1796”
Credit Line Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/37

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1606

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2025.

 

John Smart, Portrait of an Officer of the East India Company, 1796, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (7.9 x 6.5 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.1 x 6.7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/37
John Smart, Portrait of an Officer of the East India Company (verso), 1796, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (7.9 x 6.5 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.1 x 6.7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/37
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