Portrait of John Smithson

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Artist Thomas Beach (English, 1738–1806)

Title Portrait of John Smithson

Date Late 18th century

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Framed: 37 × 31 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (94 × 80.6 × 7.3 cm)
Stretcher: 29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (75.6 x 62.9 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 62.150

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Thomas Beach was a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds and elected a member of the Society of Artists in 1772. John Smithson was the founder of the Smithsonian Institution.

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