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John Smart, Portrait of Alexander J. Dallas, ca. 1782, pencil and watercolor on card, sight: 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.7 x 4.3 cm), framed: 2 7/16 x 2 in. (6.2 x 5.1 cm), Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Field of Interest Fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 2023.22"
John Smart, Portrait of Alexander J. Dallas (verso), ca. 1782, pencil and watercolor on card, sight: 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.7 x 4.3 cm), framed: 2 7/16 x 2 in. (6.2 x 5.1 cm), Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Field of Interest Fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 2023.22
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John Smart, Portrait of Alexander J. Dallas, ca. 1782

Artist John Smart (English, 1741–1811)
Title Portrait of Alexander J. Dallas
Object Date ca. 1782
Medium Pencil and watercolor on card
Setting Gilt copper alloy case
Dimensions Sight: 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.7 x 4.3 cm)
Framed: 2 7/16 x 2 in. (6.2 x 5.1 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on backing, top center: “Mr Dallas / of Jamaica”
Credit Line Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Field of Interest Fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 2023.22

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1563

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2025.

 

John Smart, Portrait of Alexander J. Dallas, ca. 1782, pencil and watercolor on card, sight: 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.7 x 4.3 cm), framed: 2 7/16 x 2 in. (6.2 x 5.1 cm), Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Field of Interest Fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 2023.22"
John Smart, Portrait of Alexander J. Dallas (verso), ca. 1782, pencil and watercolor on card, sight: 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (5.7 x 4.3 cm), framed: 2 7/16 x 2 in. (6.2 x 5.1 cm), Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Field of Interest Fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 2023.22
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