Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

John Smart (1741-1811), Miniature painter

Miniaturist; studied at Shipley’s Academy in St Martin’s Lane; exhibited Society of Artists, London, 1762-83 and RA 1797-1811; vice-president 1777 and president of the Incorporated Society of Artists 1778; worked in India 1785-95, principally in Madras.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.