File:Sir William Sidney Smith.jpg

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Summary

Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith, British admiral, at Acre (1764-1840) (

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Artist

Anthony Cardon (1772–1813)
Alternative names	Antoine Cardon; antoine cardon
Description	British printmaker and publisher
Date of birth/death	1 May 1772	16 April 1813
Location of birth/death	City of Brussels	London
Work location	City of Brussels (1792); London (1792–1813)
Authority file	: Q16931050 VIAF: 59157857 ISNI: 0000000079761224 ULAN: 500041839 LCCN: n97875899 Oxford Dict.: 4614 WorldCat

After John Eckstein (1735–1817)
Alternative names	Johann Eckstein; Johannes Eckstein; Johannes, II Eckstein
Description	German painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	25 November 1735	27 June 1817
Location of birth/death	Poppenreuth	Havana
Authority file	: Q6231125 VIAF: 50125429 ISNI: 0000000083815555 ULAN: 500021541 LCCN: nr95022235 GND: 12307021X WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith, British admiral, at Acre (1764-1840)

Date

1 January 1808 (published)

Medium

stipple engraving

Dimensions

height: 60.4 cm (23.7 in); width: 39 cm (15.3 in)

Collection

Government Art Collection
Native name	Government Art Collection (GAC)
Parent institution	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Location	Works are displayed in several hundred locations, including Downing Street, ministerial offices and reception areas in Whitehall, regional government offices in the UK, and diplomatic posts around the world.
Established	1898
Website	https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/
Authority file	: Q5588677 ISNI: 0000000121625155

Current location

Department for Work & Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London

Accession number

2152

Inscriptions

Text recto bottom left:

Painted by J. Eckstein

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Text recto bottom center:

London: Pub.^d as the Act directs by A. Cardon, N.^o37, London Street, Fitzroy Square Jan^y 1 1808

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Text recto bottom right:

Engraved by Anth.^y Cardon

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Text recto bottom center:

SIR SIDNEY SMITH.

Extract of a dispatch from Captain SIR W. SMITH to Rear Admiral LORD NELSON, dated H.M.S. Le TIGRE, Bay of ACRE, 9 May 1799.

" I accordingly landed the boats at the Mote, and took the crews up to the breach armed with pikes. Many fugitives returned with us, and the governor, JEZZAR PASHA, hearing the
English were on the breach quitted his customary station to join us there. __ The energetic old man coming behind us, pulled us down with violence, saying if any harm happened to his English
friends all was lost. This amicable contest was to who should defend the breach, occasioned a rush of Turks to the spot; and thus time was gained for the arrival of the first body of HASSAN BEY'S troops."

To JOHN SPENCER SMITH, Esq. L.L.D. F.R.S. &c &c &c This Print executed under his obliging patronage is respectfully inscribed by his most humble servant ANTHONY CARDON

Source/Photographer

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:58, 31 January 2016		3,699 × 6,036 (9 MB)	Laura1822	newer, superior image from same museum source
	23:21, 8 November 2006		260 × 400 (24 KB)	Anetode	{{Information \|Description=Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) Admiral, at Acre \|Source=[http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/search/Object.asp?object_key=11497 UK Government Art Collection] \|Date=published 1 January 1808 \|Author=engraver: Antoine Cardon, paint