Samuel Smith, A standing figure in classical drapery

A standing figure in classical drapery, by ca. 1840

Samuel Smith (fl. 1800 - fl. 1840)

RA Collection: Art

A pencil drawing or tracing showing a standing female figure in profile, wearing classical drapery. This appears to have been traced or copied from a print.

Samuel Smith was a porcelain painter who worked for the company of Flight, Barr and Barr in Worcester. John Homes Smith and his son John Halphead Smith who collected these drawings also worked as porcelain painters and it is almost certain that they knew, or were perhaps related to, Samuel Smith.

Object details

Title
A standing figure in classical drapery
Artist/designer
Samuel Smith (fl. 1800 - fl. 1840)
Date
by ca. 1840
Object type
Drawing
Medium
Pencil on off-white laid paper
Dimensions

140 mm x 75 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
02/722
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Gilbert Bakewell Stretton 1949
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