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John Raphael Smith
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| English Painter, 1752-1812,English printmaker, publisher and painter. The youngest son of the landscape artist Thomas Smith of Derby (d Bristol, 12 Sept 1767), he was apprenticed to a linen draper at the age of ten and around 1767 became a linen draper's assistant in London. He seems to have taught himself to paint miniatures and produced his first mezzotint in 1769, from Henry Benbridge's portrait of General Pascal Paoli (San Francisco, CA Pal. Legion of Honor). Smith married and opened a draper's shop in Exeter Exchange; about 1773 he began to engrave professionally and sold prints from the same shop. | ||||
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Sarah Siddons as Zara in Congreve-s The Mourning Bridg new16/John Raphael Smith-885676.jpg Painting ID:: 44578 Visit European Gallery |
mk173 1783 Mezzotint 33.7x27.6cm | ||
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