Portrait of John Smeaton (1724-1792) mb-width 1932 Design for the Chacewater mine

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Portrait of John Smeaton (1724-1792) mb-width 1932 Design for the Chacewater mineHalf length portrait of John Smeaton seated at a writing table, dressed in a black coat, trousers and waistcoat, with a white shirt and neck cloth. Smeaton wears a short brown wig and is posed with his left hand in his pocket, the right hand poised over a sheet of paper and holding a brass pen. Above and to the right as viewed are a curtain and architectural column. To the left as viewed, the Eddystone lighthouse with a ship on the horizon and a black