| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | John Raphael Smith |
| Published | Printed & Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotint Engraver ti gus Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, & Published Feby. 1st, 1803 y R.A, Ackerman n, No. 101 The Strand. |
| Dimensions | Image 520 x 392 mm, Sheet 526 x 393 mm |
| Notes |
A nearly life-sized half length portrait of a woman directed, facing, and looking to the viewer, wearing a checkered headscarf tied on her head, a beaded necklaces, and a cloak tied around her that she draws in with her right hand, a tree in the background. This is one of a series of six portraits of women thought to be actresses done by J.R. Smith between 1797 and 1803. This portrait is said to be Miss Sims who performed this role in at Covent Garden in 1797 in Isaac Bickerstaff's Maid of the Mill. Miss Sims (active 1790s) British actress in London. John Raphael Smith (1751 - 1812) was an English painter, printmaker and publisher. After abandoning a career in linen drapery, Smith became one of the leading printmakers of the day. He excelled in mezzotint, and produced numerous plates after portraits by Gainsborough, Reynolds, and Romney. In addition to his reproductive work, he was also a highly successful publisher and seller of prints, and exported a large number of material to France. However, the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803 destroyed this market, and Smith announced his retirement from printmaking in order to produce pastel portraits of his own up until his death in 1812. Chaloner Smith 191, D'Oench 381, Frankau 134 , Lennox-Boyd ii/ii Condition: Trimmed within the plate on all sides. Very minor creasing to sheet. Overall time toning to paper. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £250.00 |
| Stock ID | 52953 |