Samuel Smith, A roundel with a view from a cave, 1831 or later.
Monochrome (greenish black) watercolour on cream wove paper. 141 cm x 145 cm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Samuel Smith (fl. 1800 - fl. 1840)
RA Collection: Art
A monochrome watercolour roundel showing two figures looking out of the entrance to a cave. In the background is a hill with a ruined castle. The style, subject matter, colouring and shape of this drawing suggest that it was intended as a design for porcelain. Samuel Smith was a porcelain painter who worked for the company of Flight, Barr and Barr in Worcester. John Homes Smith and his son John Halphead Smith who collected these drawings also worked as porcelain painters and it is almost certain that they knew, or were perhaps related to, Samuel Smith.
141 cm x 145 cm