Portrait of William Smith, Esq., Aged 88, Formerly of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

John Jackson1819

Details

Title: Portrait of William Smith, Esq., Aged 88, Formerly of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Creator: William Ward after John Jackson
Date Created: 1819
Subject Keywords: male portraits, portraits, theater (discipline)
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “W. Ward A.R.A. sculpt. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent and the Duke of York”; inscribed in pencil, lower center: [the sitter] “resided and died at Bury St. Edmunds, Sept. 13, 1819.”
Print State: Second or third of three states
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. Purchase funds, 1970
Materials & Techniques: Mezzotint on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published April 8, 1819, by Jackson, 7 Newman Street
Dimensions: 1826
Bibliography: Chaloner Smith 76 only state; Russell p. 371 ii/iii or iii/iii; Frankau 267
Associated People: Created by William Ward (British (English), 1766-1826), After John Jackson (British (English), 1778-1831)
Accession Number: 1970.11.2

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