Portrait of George Smith
Description
Portrait of George Smith in a maple frame (Cabinet Maker At Work On Designs in His Office) by T. Bradley dated 1876. The painting depicts George Smith seated at a desk designing furniture, with an open book showing furniture designs for sofas and three more books stacked on table with drawing utensils. There is a spaniel at his side. There is a cabinet in the background and a draped window showing a rural scene of a church spire and sheep. John Bedford identified the sitter as George Smith (1786-1826), and published his findings in Regional Furniture, Vol. XV (2001). The detailed furniture and curtain arrangement in the portrait are an exact quotation from George Smith’s Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer’s Guide, (1826).
Metadata
| Identifier | vyydtv9p |
| IRN | 724678 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/13/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vyydtv9p |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive Art |
| Technique | oil painting |
| Support | canvas |
| Frame | width 435mm height 460mm |
| Parent Record | Art work and Objects |
| Date | 1876 |
| Size and Medium | oil painting |