59.7 x 47 x 7.6cm (23 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 3") 40.6 x 33.3cm (16 x 13 1/8")
Accession #
NPG.96.28
Object #
37144
Credit Lines
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Mrs. Fitall, widow of Smithson’s servant John; sold through (H.P. Bohn) to Smithsonian,1849; accessioned by NPG 1996 Note: “The Secretary stated that he had received a note from the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, United States ambassador to Great Britain, concerning a communication from H. P. Bohn, offering for sale, at the price of thirty guineas, a small portrait of James Smithson, now in the possession of Mrs. Fitall, widow of a servant of the late Mr. Smithson. … Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1849, p. 46
