Robert Smirke and the court of the Shah of Persia

• Autores: Christopher Baker
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 153, Nº 1303, 2011, págs. 665-667
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses 18th-19th-century illustrator Robert Smirke. The author describes an 1809-1810 drawing by Smirke depicting the contemporary political event of diplomat Sir Harford Jones Brydges at the Court of Fath 'Ali, the Shah of Persia. The author suggests that it was a preparatory study for the painting “Sir Harford Jones at the Court of Fath 'Ali, the Shah of Persia.” Other topics include accounts of Jones's visit by James Justinian Morier and journalistic aspects of the painting.