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See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
SMITH, See also:JOHN See also:RAPHAEL (1752–1812) , See also:English painter and See also:mezzotint engraver, a son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Smith of See also:Derby, the landscape painter, was See also:born in 1752. He was apprenticed to a See also:linen-See also:draper in Derby, and afterwards pursued the same business in See also:London, adding, however, to his income by the See also:production of miniatures. He then turned to See also:engraving and executed his See also:plate of the " Public See also:Ledger," which had See also:great popularity, and was followed by his mezzotints of " See also:Edwin the See also:Minstrel " (a portrait of Thomas See also:Haden), after See also:Wright of Derby, and " See also:Mercury Inventing the See also:Lyre," after See also:Barry. He reproduced some See also:forty of the See also:works of See also:Reynolds, some of these plates ranking among the masterpieces of the See also:art of mezzotint, and he was appointed engraver to the See also:prince of See also:Wales. Adding to his See also:artistic pursuits an extensive connexion as a See also:print-dealer and publisher, he would soon have acquired See also:wealth had it not been for his dissipated habits. He was a boon See also:companion of See also:George See also:Morland, whose figure-pieces he excellently mezzotinted. He painted subject-pictures such as the " Unsuspecting Maid," " Inattention " and the " Moralist," exhibiting in the Royal See also:Academy from 1779 to 1790. Upon the decline of his business as a printseller he made a tour through the N. and midland counties of See also:England, producing much hasty and indifferent See also:work, and settled in See also:Doncaster, where he died on the 2nd of See also:March _1812.
As a mezzotint engraver Smith occupies the very highest See also:rank. His prints are delicate, excellent in See also:drawing and finely expressive of See also:colour. His small full-lengths in crayons and his portraits of See also:Fox, See also:Horne See also:Tooke, See also:Sir See also:Francis See also:Burdett and the See also:group of the See also:duke of See also:Devonshire and See also:family support his claims as a successful See also:draughts-See also:man and painter. He had a very thorough knowledge of the principles and See also:history of art, and was a brilliant conversationalist.
End of Article: SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
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