Portrait of John Christopher Smith, well-known friend of Georg Friedrich Händel / George Frederick Handel. Smith was an English composer of German origin. This etching was made by E. Hardy after a painting by Creator:Johann Zoffany published in: William Coxe: "Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel, and John Christopher Smith. With select pieces of music, composed by J.C. Smith, never before published." Bulmer, London 1799, opposite title page of the second part of this book containing the "Anecdotes of John Christopher Smith"