John Smibert: Colonial America`s First Portrait Painter

by Richard H. Saunders

John Smibert (1688-1751) was the first portrait painter of distinction to attempt to carve out an existence in colonial America. This book by Richard Saunders is both a catalogue raisonn? of Smibert's work and a discussion of his life and career.

Saunders explores Smibert's early Scottish and London training as well as his travels to Italy; his portrait practice in London; his arrival in America and his stylistic development; the creation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300042582
• ISBN13: 9780300042580
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 9.1" x 11.9"