Sarah Smith, Mrs Joseph Smith
possibly Thomas Beach (Milton Abbas 1738 – Dorchester 1806)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624160
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sarah Smith, Mrs Joseph Smith, possibly by Thomas Beach (Milton Abbas 1738 – Dorchester 1806). A portrait of Sarah Smith as a middle-aged woman, turned to the right, gazing at spectator, dark brown curly hair, dressed in a very indistinct, possibly yellow dress with a white fischu. Dark background. Married Joseph Smith (1742-1815); mother of Sarah Smith (1782-1830) the wife of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, 6th Bt (1778-1853).
Provenance
Purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Makers and roles
possibly Thomas Beach (Milton Abbas 1738 – Dorchester 1806), artist