Frederick C. Smith b. c.1820

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial sketcher and explorer, aged 18 when he joined a fatal expedition to the north west of Western Australia, leaving behind a series of sketches, one of which was subsequently published by Sir George Grey. Grey also named a river after him.

Citations

  • Millar, A., 'I see no end to travelling’, Kensington, NSW : (n.d.).

  • Rutherford, J. (1961), 'Sir George Grey’, London, England, UK.

  • '[Colonial Artists file]’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia.

  • (1841), 'Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia during the years 1837, 38 and 39…’, London, England, UK.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, B.

Initial data sources

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