James Burrell Smith

James Burrell Smith (1822-1897) was a watercolour and landscape artist. He was born in London. In 1843 he moved to Alnwick, Northumberland where he trained with Thomas Miles Richardson.[1] He travelled around the UK and Europe. In the 1880s he created some engravings for The Illustrated London News.[2]

James Burrell Smith: On the Conway, North Wales, with a Man Fishing, c1850

"...two charming waterfalls by J. Burrell Smith, who stands unrivalled as a limner of such picturesque pieces of nature", North British Daily Mail, 27 December 1877, p4 in a piece on a fine art sale at Robert McTear & Co.[3]

He died at 1a, Mornington Avenue, West Kensington on 16 December 1897.[4]

Family

James Burrell Smith was baptised in Stepney on 12 April 1829. His parents are listed as James, a revenue officer, and Sarah.[5] He married Eleanor Laidler at Edlingham, Northumberland on 24 April 1850.[6]

In the 1871 census, he was living at 13, Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, aged 47, occupation Landscape Painter and birthplace, Stepney, Middlesex.[7]

His second daughter, Sarah Emma Burrell Smith (1854-1943), known as Cissie, was also a landscape watercolour artist.[8]

References
  1. The Wallington Gallery - James Burrell Smith (1822- 1897)
  2. ‘James Burrell Smith’ historical pictures, Look and Learn Picture Archive.
  3. British Newspapers at findmypast. Subscription required.
  4. Morning Post, 24 December 1897, p1
  5. London, Docklands And East End Baptisms, at findmypast, subscription required.
  6. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Ancestry, Library Edition.
  7. 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census, RG10, Piece number 31, Folio 28; Page 50, at findmypast, subscription required.
  8. Clodgy Point St Ives Watercolour C Burrell Smith, Antiques Atlas


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