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John Smart, Portrait of Horatio Townsend, 1800, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in. (5.2 x 4.1 cm), framed: 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. (5.6 x 4.6 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/41
John Smart, Portrait of Horatio Townsend (verso), 1800, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in. (5.2 x 4.1 cm), framed: 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. (5.6 x 4.6 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/41
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John Smart, Portrait of Horatio Townsend, 1800

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of Horatio Townsend
Object Date 1800
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Gilt copper alloy case
Dimensions Sight: 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in. (5.2 x 4.1 cm)
Framed: 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. (5.6 x 4.6 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on recto, lower right: “J.S. / 1800”
Credit Line Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/41

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1616

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2025.

 

John Smart, Portrait of Horatio Townsend, 1800, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in. (5.2 x 4.1 cm), framed: 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. (5.6 x 4.6 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/41
John Smart, Portrait of Horatio Townsend (verso), 1800, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in. (5.2 x 4.1 cm), framed: 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. (5.6 x 4.6 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/41
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