Portrait of James Edward Smith
Date
1828
Sitter
James Edward Smith (1759 - 1828, British) , Botanist
Creator
Philip Audinet (1766 - 1837, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Bowyer Nichols, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 224mm
width (paper support): 133mm
width (print): 121mm
height (paper support): 224mm
width (paper support): 133mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of James Edward Smith, seated and holding plant spring in left hand. He wears regency-style clothing of frock coat, waistcoat and cravat.
Inscribed ‘Gent. Mag. April 1828. Pl. I p.297. Audinet Sculp. Sir J E Smith. Knt. M.D. F.R.S. Pres. L.S. &c &c. Born 1759- Died 1828. Published by J.B. Nichols & Son. May 1. 1828 ’ and pencilled ‘1785’.
Sir James Edward Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
Inscribed ‘Gent. Mag. April 1828. Pl. I p.297. Audinet Sculp. Sir J E Smith. Knt. M.D. F.R.S. Pres. L.S. &c &c. Born 1759- Died 1828. Published by J.B. Nichols & Son. May 1. 1828 ’ and pencilled ‘1785’.
Sir James Edward Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.75
Associated place