Arthur Smyth Lord Archbishop of Dublin 1771.
Francis West Pinx.t. James Watson Fecit. [n.d., c.1771.] Mezzotint. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"), large margins. Trimmed into arms at bottom, new margin added. Three-quarter portrait of Arthur Smyth (1706-1771), standing in a library, one hand resting on an upright book. He served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1766 until his death in 1771, which this portrait was probably published to commemorate. CS 131; Goodwin 83. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii, 'Commas after names burnished from plate but still just visible'.
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