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The image is of a person's upper body from the side profile. The person is seated or facing right. They have a smooth complexion, defined eyebrows, and looking straight ahead, with curly hair styled elaborately and adorned with a pearl headband. They wear a garment with a high ruffled collar, accessorized with a drop earring. In their hands are a string of pearls and an ornamented pouch. The background is plain in color, highlighting the individual's details.
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The image is of a person's upper body from the side profile. The person is seated or facing right. They have a smooth complexion, defined eyebrows, and looking straight ahead, with curly hair styled elaborately and adorned with a pearl headband. They wear a garment with a high ruffled collar, accessorized with a drop earring. In their hands are a string of pearls and an ornamented pouch. The background is plain in color, highlighting the individual's details.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Amanthis

John Raphael Smith

Date
1797
Medium
mezzotint touched with black and white chalk on laid paper [proof]
Dimensions
plate: 52.6 x 40.5 cm (20 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.) sheet: 53.2 x 41 cm (20 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2002.65.7
Credit line
Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Heads of Actresses

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • mezzotint
  • Portrait
  • Man
  • Female figure
Provenance

Private collection (Lugt 2856). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Inscription

recto: by later hand, lower left in graphite: O/; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Miss Wallis in the Child of Nature; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 36

Marks

recto: none; verso: unidentified mark (Lugt 2856)

Watermarks

dovecote

NGA object ID 124851. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.