Smart, John James (1805-1870)

Overview Comprised of 13 items including legal documents related to the settlement and disbursement of the estate of John Smart (1740-1811), an English painter of portrait miniatures, to his widow Mary Morton Smart Caley and his children John James Smart and Sarah Smart; an 1867 diary kept by John James Smart; and personal letters and financial documents of John James Smart. The collection came to the museum from John W. and Martha Jane Starr, whose collection of portrait miniatures forms the Starr...