Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British

after Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)

Title:

Portrait of Richard Arkwright

Date:

1801

Medium:

Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 25 3/4 × 18 1/16 inches (65.4 × 45.9 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper right: "9538 | 1267 / NX"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "C.S.2 [only] | state"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "[3]14[23]"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1978.43.1115

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41680