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John Smart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775, watercolor and pencil on laid paper mounted under glass in a silver gilt pendant case, 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in. (7 x 5.2 x .5 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.9

John Smart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of a Woman
Object Date ca. 1775
Medium Watercolor and pencil on laid paper
Setting Silver gilt pendant case
Dimensions 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in. (7 x 5.2 x .5 cm)
Inscription Engraved on verso: “By John Smart”
Credit Line Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.9

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4548

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

Purchased from Sotheby’s, London, November 25, 1952, by Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1952–August 7, 1958 [1];

Their gift, through the Starr Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO, to the Philbrook Art Center, now Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, August 7, 1958.

Notes:

[1] As recorded in the deed of gift and the Philbrook Museum of Art object and donor files.

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John Smart, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775, watercolor and pencil on laid paper mounted under glass in a silver gilt pendant case, 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in. (7 x 5.2 x .5 cm), Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gift of the Starr Foundation, Inc., 1958.17.9