Regency Portraits Catalogue
John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), Portrait painter, engraver and pastellist
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- Biography and References
Mezzotint engraver and pastellist.
'He received his sitters, whatever their rank, in a morning gown, his collar open, a paper cap on his head' (Henry Angelo, Reminiscences, 2 vols., 1904, I, p 191).
'He received his sitters, whatever their rank, in a morning gown, his collar open, a paper cap on his head' (Henry Angelo, Reminiscences, 2 vols., 1904, I, p 191).
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Edwards 1932Ralph Edwards, 'J. R. Smith and his pupils' in Connoisseur, XC, 1932, pp 299-307 and XCIII, 1934, pp 96-101.
Frankau 1902
Julia Frankau, John Raphael Smith, 1902.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.