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Thomas Smith, Esq, Vice Admiral of the White
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Thomas Smith, Esq, Vice Admiral of the White
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson
Title
Thomas Smith, Esq, Vice Admiral of the White
Date
1746 to 1756
Medium
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 362 x 257 mm. Plate: 356 x 254 mm
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. Plate: 14 x 10 in.
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
Accession Number
B1973.3.47
Wilson Online Reference
E1A
Description
Portrait of Thomas Smith (1707-1762) three-quarter length, standing leaning with his left elbow on the base of a broken column, holding a telescope in front of him, left knee bent and advanced, right hand on hip, wearing a coat with large decorations round the buttons, open over a silk jacket and a long wig, distant sails in background to the left.
Portrait of Thomas Smith (1707-1762) three-quarter length, standing leaning with his left elbow on the base of a broken column, holding a telescope in front of him, left knee bent and advanced, right hand on hip, wearing a coat with large decorations round the buttons, open over a silk jacket and a long wig, distant sails in background to the left.
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Provenance
Acquired 1973
Acquired 1973
Signature/inscription
Lettered with title, 'Thomas Smith Esq. [continuing] Vice Admiral of ye White / Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships on the Coast of Scotland, Anno 1746', a heraldic achievement with the motto 'Ung Dieu et Ung Roy', and 'R. Wilson pinxt. | I. Faber fecit | Price 2s. London. Price 2s. London, Printed for R. Sayer, I. Ryal & R.Withy in Fleet Street'
Lettered with title, 'Thomas Smith Esq. [continuing] Vice Admiral of ye White / Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships on the Coast of Scotland, Anno 1746', a heraldic achievement with the motto 'Ung Dieu et Ung Roy', and 'R. Wilson pinxt. | I. Faber fecit | Price 2s. London. Price 2s. London, Printed for R. Sayer, I. Ryal & R.Withy in Fleet Street'
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Thomas Smith (1707- 1762 ) was a British admiral and colonial governor, credited with the invention of the divisional system that remains in use on ships today.
Thomas Smith (1707- 1762 ) was a British admiral and colonial governor, credited with the invention of the divisional system that remains in use on ships today.
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Critical commentary
The sitter's great-nephew, John Thomas Smith, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, mentions 'a spirited half-length portrait, painted by the celebrated Richard Wilson [...] from which picture there is an excellent engraving in mezzotinto, by Faber.' (see bibliography).
The sitter's great-nephew, John Thomas Smith, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, mentions 'a spirited half-length portrait, painted by the celebrated Richard Wilson [...] from which picture there is an excellent engraving in mezzotinto, by Faber.' (see bibliography).
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 23410
Object ID: 23410
Bibliography
J.T. Smith, <i>A Book for a Rainy Day</i>, 1845, pp. 3-4; Chaloner Smith, vol. 1, p. 426, cat. 333, state I; Russell p. 96, cat. 333, state 1; sale cat., <i>The Lyttelton Papers</i>, Sotheby's London, 12 December 1978 p.101 (cat. 79)
J.T. Smith,
A Book for a Rainy Day
, 1845, pp. 3-4; Chaloner Smith, vol. 1, p. 426, cat. 333, state I; Russell p. 96, cat. 333, state 1; sale cat.,
The Lyttelton Papers
, Sotheby's London, 12 December 1978 p.101 (cat. 79)
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Condition/Conservation
Unmounted. Trimmed almost to plate mark. Some small tears and missing corners. Some surface discolouration.
Unmounted. Trimmed almost to plate mark. Some small tears and missing corners. Some surface discolouration.
Illustrations of the Work
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Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Study for the Portrait of Admiral Thomas Smith
, National Galleries of Scotland
Versions
John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson,
Thomas Smith Esq., Vice Admiral of the White
, The British Museum
John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson,
The Honble Thomas Smith, Esq., Rear Admiral of the Red
, Private Collection, England
John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson,
Thomas Smith, Esq., Vice Admiral of the White
, National Portrait Gallery, London
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Commodore Thomas Smith
, Hagley Hall, Worcestershire
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Admiral Thomas Smith
, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Exhibitions
Biographies
Admiral Thomas Smith, 1707-1762
Sir George (Lord) Lyttelton, 1709-1773
Paul Mellon, 1907-1999
John Faber the Younger, c.1684-1756
Documents
John Chaloner Smith,
British Mezzotinto Portraits; being a Descriptive Catalogue of these Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century
Richard Wilson, Letter to Admiral Smith
Elizabeth Wilson, Letter to Admiral Smith
Part of a sketchbook
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