File:Framed Portrait of James Smithson as Student.jpg
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James Smithson at Oxford
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James Roberts (1753-c.1809) |
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James Smithson at Oxford |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Photograph of the Smithsonian's portrait of James Smithson as a student at Pembroke College, Oxford University, England, 1786. This image shows portrait by James Roberts (1753-c. 1809) within a frame that has a label. Smithson is wearing university robes and seated in a chair. Smithson attended Pembroke College, Oxford University, from 1782 to 1786, studying geology and mineralogy. The painting was purchased in 1850 from the widow of John Fitall, Smithson's former servant to whom Smithson had granted an annuity. The original painting is located in the National Portrait Gallery. |
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| Date | circa 1786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 60.1 cm (23.6 in); width: 46 cm (18.1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_10296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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