Black, Brown, and Fair

John Raphael Smith1785

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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