See also:SIR See also:GEORGE See also:SCHARF (182o—1895)
, See also:British See also:art critic, was See also:born in See also:London on the 16th of See also:December 1820, the son of See also:George See also:Scharf, a Bavarian See also:miniature painter who settled in See also:England in 1816 and died in 186o
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He studied in the See also:schools of the Royal See also:Academy
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In 1840 he accompanied See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Fellows to See also:Asia See also:Minor, and in 1843 acted as draughtsman to a See also:government expedition to the same See also:country
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After his return he devoted himself with See also:great See also:industry and success to the See also:illustration of books See also:relating to art and antiquity, of which the best known are See also:Macaulay's See also:Lays of See also:Ancient See also:Rome (1847); See also:Milman's See also:Horace, (1849); Kugler's Handbook of See also:Italian See also:Painting (1851); and Dr See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith's classical dictionaries
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He also engaged largely in lecturing and teaching, and took See also:part in the formation of the See also:Greek, See also:Roman and Pompeian courts at the Crystal See also:Palace
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He acted as art secretary to the great See also:Manchester Art Treasures See also:Exhibition of 1857, and in that See also:year was appcinted secretary and director to the newly founded See also:National Portrait See also:Gallery
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The See also:remainder of his See also:life was given to the care of that institution
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Scharf acquired an unrivalled knowledge of all matters relating to historic See also:portraiture, and was the author of many learned essays on the subject
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In 1885, in recognition of his services to the Portrait Gallery, he was made C.B., and on his resignation, See also:early in 1895, K.C.B. and a trustee of the Gallery
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He died on the loth of See also:April of the same year
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