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Half-length portrait of John Smeaton seated at a writing table, dressed in a black coat, trousers and waistcoat, with a white shirt and neckcloth. Smeaton wears a short brown wig and is posed with his left hand in his pocket, the right hand poised over a sheet of paper and holding a brass pen. Above and to the right as viewed are a curtain and architectural column. To the left as viewed, are the Eddystone Lighthouse with a ship on the horizon and a black smudge, possibly a signal rocket.

The Royal Society

London

Title

John Smeaton (1724–1792)

Date

c.1759

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 126.7 x W 102 cm

Accession number

RS.9739

Acquisition method

presented by Mrs Mary Dixon, née Smeaton, 1824

Work type

Painting

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