E. D. S. ; Edw. D. Smith / sometimes incorrecly resolved as Edward D. Smith / Smit ;
1800 in London
1883 (1866 according to ANBG)
London ?
miniaturist, painter, and engraver Anker Smith (1759-1819)
painter and sculptor Frederick William (1797-1835) (brother ?) ; Herbert Luther (1809-1869 / 1870) (brother) ; ...
pupil of his father Anker Smith (1xxx-1xxx) ; taught by his father ;
United Kingdom
Robert Sweet (1783-1835): Flora Australasica & British Flower Garden (London: W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1823-1829) ; Geraniaceae (5 volumes, 1820-1830) ; Charles Macintosh (1794 /1799-1864) ; Peter William Watson (1761-1830) ; B. Maund: Botanic Garden (1825-1850) & The book of hardy flowers; or, gardeners' edition of the Botanic garden (London: Groombridge and Sons, 1844) ; B. Maund & J. S. Henslow: Botanist (1836-1842) ; Miss T. Etheldred Benettt (1776-1845) ;
artist A. I. Withers ; artist Jane Taylor ; artist R. Mills ; artist Mintern ; artist Nicholson ; artist L. Pope ; engraver S. Watts ; engraver S. Nevitt ;
botanical drawing, painting, and engraving ; miniaturist painting ;
Wilfrid Blunt referred to Smith as a "considerable artist of small-scale work" (The art of botanical illustration: an illustrated history, p. 212); cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sweet_%28botanist%29#mediaviewer/File:Robert_Sweet00.jpg . Further relative: paintress Maria Ross née Smith (c. 1766-1836) (aunt). See also: http://fmhibd.library.cmu.edu/HIBD-DB/ArtCat/recordlist.php?-skip=13600&-max=25 ; http://plantillustrations.org/artist.php?id_artist=32&mobile=0
Further archival source: https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/smith-edwin-dalton.html .
Further samples: https://www.anbg.gov.au/gallery/dryandra-longifolia-smith.html and https://www.anbg.gov.au/gallery/orthrosanthus-multiflorus-smith.html .
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