Francis Smith Architect
ArtistAfter
Hamlet Winstanley
(English, born Warrington, England 1698-died Warrington, England 1756)
Engraver
Alexander van Haecken
(Flemish, born Antwerp, Belgium 1701-died London, England 1758)
Datemid 18th century
Mediummezzotint
Dimensions
frame: 26 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (67.3 × 52.1 cm)
sight: 14 1/2 × 10 in. (36.8 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.417
Descriptionportrait of seated man looking directly towards viewer, left arm resting on arm of ornate arm chair. Shoulder length white hair, wearing long buttoned coat, white cravat visible underneath coat, right hand holding measuring tool on top of blueprint with visible details, in left background slight dome visible through window
Bottom center: "Francis Smith Architect", "To John Harvey Thursby Esqr. of Abington in Northhamptonshire"
Bottom center: "Francis Smith Architect", "To John Harvey Thursby Esqr. of Abington in Northhamptonshire"
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