File:Sir William Sidney Smith.jpg
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Summary[edit]
Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith, British admiral, at Acre (1764-1840) ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q16931050
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q6231125 |
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Title |
Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith, British admiral, at Acre (1764-1840) |
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Date | 1 January 1808 (published) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | stipple engraving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 60.4 cm (23.7 in); width: 39 cm (15.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,60.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,39U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q5588677 |
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Current location |
Department for Work & Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London |
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Accession number |
2152 |
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Inscriptions |
Text recto bottom left: Painted by J. Eckstein
immediately below image Text recto bottom center: London: Pub.d as the Act directs by A. Cardon, N.o37, London Street, Fitzroy Square Jany 1 1808
immediately below image Text recto bottom right: Engraved by Anth.y Cardon
immediately below image Text recto bottom center: SIR SIDNEY SMITH. Extract of a dispatch from Captain SIR W. SMITH to Rear Admiral LORD NELSON, dated H.M.S. Le TIGRE, Bay of ACRE, 9 May 1799. " I accordingly landed the boats at the Mote, and took the crews up to the breach armed with pikes. Many fugitives returned with us, and the governor, JEZZAR PASHA, hearing the To JOHN SPENCER SMITH, Esq. L.L.D. F.R.S. &c &c &c This Print executed under his obliging patronage is respectfully inscribed by his most humble servant ANTHONY CARDON |
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Source/Photographer | object page; previous upload was here | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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current | 12:58, 31 January 2016 | 3,699 × 6,036 (9 MB) | Laura1822 (talk | contribs) | newer, superior image from same museum source | |
23:21, 8 November 2006 | 260 × 400 (24 KB) | Anetode (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) Admiral, at Acre |Source=[http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/search/Object.asp?object_key=11497 UK Government Art Collection] |Date=published 1 January 1808 |Author=engraver: Antoine Cardon, paint |
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- Portrait engravings in the Government Art Collection
- Anthony Cardon
- Johannes Eckstein
- Portraits holding sword
- Engravings of battles
- Portraits with cannons
- Portraits of men in naval uniforms of the United Kingdom
- 19th-century engraved portraits of standing men at full length
- Stipple engravings
- Siege of Acre (1799)
- Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)
- Antoine Cardon