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John Smart, Portrait of Vice Admiral Thomas Wells, 1808, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.9 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.1 x 6.5 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/49"
John Smart, Portrait of Vice Admiral Thomas Wells (verso), 1808, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.9 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.1 x 6.5 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/49
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John Smart, Portrait of Vice Admiral Thomas Wells, 1808

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of Vice Admiral Thomas Wells
Object Date 1808
Former Title Admiral Wells
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Vermeil case with fausse montre top
Dimensions Sight: 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.9 cm)
Framed: 3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.1 x 6.5 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on recto, lower right: “JS. / 1808”
Inscribed on case verso: “Admiral Wells / John Smart / 1808”
Credit Line Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/49

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1634

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2025.

 

John Smart, Portrait of Vice Admiral Thomas Wells, 1808, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.9 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.1 x 6.5 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/49"
John Smart, Portrait of Vice Admiral Thomas Wells (verso), 1808, watercolor on ivory, sight: 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (7.8 x 5.9 cm), framed: 3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (8.1 x 6.5 cm), Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., F65-41/49
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