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Black, Brown, and Fair
John Raphael Smith1785
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Black, Brown, and Fair
- Creator: John Raphael Smith
- Date Created: 1785
- Subject Keywords: circular images, female genre, genre
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate below image, lower center: “J.R. Smith”
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Ellen G. D’Oench (B.A. Wesleyan 1973, Trustee 1977–1979, DAC Curator 1979–1998), 1993
- Materials & Techniques: Stipple engraving printed in two shades of brown ink on heavyweight wove paper
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Published 12 February 1785 by John R. Smith. The title is quoted from Pope''s "Epistle to a Lady" (1735), lines 1–4, which relates a woman’s complexion to her character, since she is too soft to otherwise bear evidence.
- Dimensions: 1812
- Bibliography: J.R. Smith catalogue (BM), no. 82; Frankau 35
- Associated People: Created by John Raphael Smith (British (English), 1751-1812)
- Accession Number: 1993.30.2
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