James Smith b. 1813

Also known as J. C. Smith, J. Smith
  • Artist (Painter)
Nephew of James Cook, related to Isaac Smith, the colonial artist painted portraits and the marine. Some of his more accomplished works include two large scale panoramas of London from the river Thames, the first six thousand feet and the second, 2000 feet in height received mixed reactions from the local press when they were exhibited and commended by the Governor.

Citations

  • (29 September 1881), '(obituary)’, Launceston Examiner, 1848-01-19, 1848-12-02, 1851-03-15, 1865-07-15, 1878-06-22.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Cable, K.J.; & Marchant, J.C. (eds) (1985), 'Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record’, Sydney, NSW : Series 2: 1842-1899, vol. 1.

  • Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-Century Australia and New Zealand’, Melbourne, Vic : Melbourne University Publishing.

  • Kolenberg, H.; & Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Hobart, Tas : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, (catalogue).

  • (29 September 1881), '(obituary)’, Examiner and Melbourne Weekly News.

  • (20 February 1843), Launceston Courier.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Information sourced from Bairstow, Damaris.

  • Information sourced from Dunbar, Dianne.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • Selby, Isaac (1924), 'The Old Pioneers’ Memorial History of Melbourne’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Marshall’s Naval Biography, vol XII, 405

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870