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The pictures nearly always show the sitters splendidly dressed in the height of expensive fashion, in order to emphasise their new wealth, status or nobility.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Very little is known of the sitter, but it seems that the traditional title `Captain Smart' is correct. The arms and crest are those of the Smart family, and the sitter might be Rowland Smart, Swordbearer to the Lord Mayor of London in the 1640s.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>Wealthy men and women sometimes spent enormous sums of money on their dress, even if they were mere citizens and not ennobled. In a portrait, the depiction of the clothing was as important as the features of the sitter himself.  Here, silver-gilt thread decorates Captain Smart's gloves, his sword belt, his sash and his buttons, and is even woven into the fabric of his doublet.  Because of the splendid depiction of these clothes, the portrait was acquired by the Museum in 1892 as an `illustration of costume'. It remained in the Textiles Department until 1935 (rather than the Paintings Department,) as a record of 17th-century dress.","physicalDescription":"Oil painting","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oil paint","id":"AAT15050"},{"text":"canvas","id":"AAT14078"}],"techniques":[{"text":"oil painting","id":"AAT178684"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"oil on canvas","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"}],"styles":[{"text":"British School","id":"x30967"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AN2307"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56E (VA)","id":"THES49241"},"free":"","case":"CA9","shelf":"","box":"21"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil paintings","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1639","earliest":"1639-01-01","latest":"1639-12-31"},"association":{"text":"dated","id":"AAT54714"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"103.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"canvas only","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"78.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 01/10/1999 by FD. New frame dimensions supplied by Tim Newberry 13/11/2000","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased, 1892\r\n\r\nPurchased from the sale of ‘Antique Furniture, Oak Cabinets, Curios, China, Pictures, Coins, &c., collected by Edward Peacock, Esq., F.S.A.’ held by Messrs. Spring and Son at Bottesford Manor, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, Wednesday, June 1st, 1892.  Lot 21, ‘Oil painting of Captain Smart, of the London Trained Bands, time of Charles I.’, for £17-0-0.  According to Nominal File (E. Peacock) this painting and three others (museum nos. 533, 534, 535, 536-1892) were acquired as ‘Costume Pictures’. Edward  Peacock F.S.A (1831-1915) was then owner of Bottesford Manor.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Oil painting possibly depicting Captain Rowland Smart, Britain, dated 1639","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Smart, Rowland (Captain,)","id":"N2504"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"coats of arms","id":"AAT138227"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe arms and crest shown are those of the Smart family, and this is likely to be a portrait of Rowland Smart, aged 39, Swordbearer to the Lord Mayor of London. The clothing indicates high status and wealth.  Silver-gilt thread decorates his gloves, his sword belt, his sash, his buttons and is even woven into the fabric of his doublet.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["534-1892"],"accessionNumberNum":"534","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1892,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6872","2019LP1699","2019LR4107","2019LV7700","2019LV7308"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-19","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}