George Frederick Smith b. c.1828

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Sketcher, designer, illuminator and decorator George Frederick Smith was awarded a variety of medals for his illuminations, imitation marbling and wood graining. Smith's pen sketches of buildings drawn in the 1860s were used for advertisements in Melbourne street directories.
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Name
George Frederick Smith
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Other Occupation
  • town clerk of Williamstown
  • clerk
  • Designer
Birth date
c.1828
Birth place
Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Death date
30 March 1909
Death place
Williamstown, Melbourne, Vic
Burial place
Williamstown Cemetery, Melbourne, Vic
Residence
  • 1854 - 1909 Melbourne, Vic
  • 1851 March, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • c.1855 Williamstown, Vic
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related recognitions
  • Victorian Exhibition (received)
  • Medals for examples of his faux marbling and wood graining (received)
  • Victorian Exhibition (received)
  • Medals for examples of his faux marbling and wood graining (received)