portrait of Paul Colnaghi
portrait of Paul Colnaghi
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John Raphael Smith (1752-1812)
Portrait of Paul Colnaghi
Inscribed by Dominic Colnaghi on old label attached to the backboard: JR Smith (engraver)/...Colored Chalks of/Paul Colnaghi taken by the artist/after dinner when Mr C was asleep/he always objected to have a Portrait/...himself/DC
Coloured chalks
15.4 by 13 cm., 6 by 5 in.
Provenance:
Dominic Ellis Colnaghi
Engraved:
By Edward Morton, 1800 (copy in British Museum)