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The Honble Thomas Smith, Esq., Rear Admiral of the Red
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The Honble Thomas Smith, Esq., Rear Admiral of the Red
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Private Collection, England
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John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson
Title
The Honble Thomas Smith, Esq., Rear Admiral of the Red
Date
c.1746
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
362 x 255 mm
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 10 in.
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Private Collection, England
Accession Number
Wilson Online Reference
E1B
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Thomas Smith, 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 his hip, wearing a coat with large decorations around the buttons open over a silk jacket and a long wig. There are distant sails in the background to the left (unrecorded state).
Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Thomas Smith, 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 his hip, wearing a coat with large decorations around the buttons open over a silk jacket and a long wig. There are distant sails in the background to the left (unrecorded state).
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Grosvenor Prints, Covent Garden; bt 28 February 2012 by present owner
Grosvenor Prints, Covent Garden; bt 28 February 2012 by present owner
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Lettered with title, 'The Honble Thomas Smith Esq. [continuing] Rear Admiral of the Red / Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships on the Coast of Scotland, Anno 1746', the Lyttelton coat of arms with the motto 'Ung Dieu et Ung Roy', and 'R. Wilson pinxt. / I. Faber fecit / Price 2s. London. Sold by Faber of the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square'
Lettered with title, 'The Honble Thomas Smith Esq. [continuing] Rear Admiral of the Red / Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships on the Coast of Scotland, Anno 1746', the Lyttelton coat of arms with the motto 'Ung Dieu et Ung Roy', and 'R. Wilson pinxt. / I. Faber fecit / Price 2s. London. Sold by Faber of the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square'
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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 rank of Rear Admiral of the Red was two grades below that of Vice Admiral of the White so it must be assumed that this is a very early state of the print. It does not feature in the catalogues of Chaloner Smith or Rusell.
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 rank of Rear Admiral of the Red was two grades below that of Vice Admiral of the White so it must be assumed that this is a very early state of the print. It does not feature in the catalogues of Chaloner Smith or Rusell.
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Bibliography
J.T. Smith, <i>A Book for a Rainy Day</i>, 1845, pp. 3-4; Chaloner Smith, vol. 1, p. 426, cat. 333, variation of state I; Russell p. 96, cat. 333, variation of state I; 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, variation of state I; Russell p. 96, cat. 333, variation of state I; sale cat.,
The Lyttelton Papers
, Sotheby's London, 12 December 1978 p.101 (cat. 79)
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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
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
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,
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
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
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