Framed Portrait of James Smithson as Student

ID: 72-3961

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1786

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 21, Folder 1-A

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Summary

Photograph of the Smithsonian's oil on canvas 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.

Subject

  • Fitall, John
  • Smithson, James 1765-1829
  • Fitall, Mrs. John
  • Roberts, James 1753 -c. 1809
  • Pembroke College (Oxford University)
  • Oxford University

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Same portrait as #9077, #10192, #10614, and #72-3961-A.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 21, Folder 1-A

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1786

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Art
  • Benefactors
  • Smithson family
  • Philanthropists
  • Portraits
  • Art objects

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

72-3961

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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