Francis Pettit Smith
- artist:
- William Boxall
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Painting, Sir Francis Pettit Smith (1808-1874) / by William Boxall, c.1856. Oil on canvas, portrait, 90x70cm in gilt frame, 121.5x101.5x8.5cm. Portrait, HL.Francis Pettit Smith co-inventor of of screw propeller and driving force behind first screw-propelled steamship. In 1860 he became curatoer of the Ptent Museum in South Kensington. Willaim Boxall (1800-1879) was a portrait painter nd 1866-1874 he was Director of the National Gallery.
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- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1884-216
- Materials:
- oil paint on canvas and gilt
- Measurements:
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overall: 1230 mm x 1040 mm x 110 mm,
frame: 1215 mm x 1015 mm x 85 mm,
image: 900 mm x 700 mm
- type:
- oil painting and portrait
- credit:
- Bennet Woodcroft Bequest
