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John Smart, Portrait of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1802, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm), framed: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.4 x 7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/43
John Smart, Portrait of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (verso), 1802, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm), framed: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.4 x 7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/43
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John Smart, Portrait of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1802

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Object Date 1802
Former Title Portrait of a Man
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Gilt copper alloy slide case with hair reserve and monogram
Dimensions Sight: 3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm)
Framed: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.4 x 7 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on recto, lower right: “J.S. / 1802”
Inscribed with monogram on case verso: “RE”
Credit Line Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/43

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1620

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2025.

 

John Smart, Portrait of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1802, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm), framed: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.4 x 7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/43
John Smart, Portrait of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (verso), 1802, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm), framed: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.4 x 7 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/43
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