3781947 John Philpot Curran by Smith, John Raphael (1752-1812); (add.info.: John Philpot Curran, from John Raphael Smith\'s engraving of a picture by Lawrence. JPC: Irish orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork. 1750 ? 14 October 1817. John Raphael Smith, English painter and mezzotint engraver, 1752 ? 1812. Short History of the English People by John Richard Green); Lebrecht History.