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WILLIAM THOMAS SMEDLEY (1858– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 251 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:THOMAS See also:SMEDLEY (1858– )  , See also:American artist, was See also:born in See also:Chester See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, of a Quaker See also:family, on the 26th of See also:March 1858 . He worked on a newspaper, then studied See also:engraving and See also:art in See also:Philadelphia, in the Pennsylvania See also:Academy of the See also:Fine Arts, and—after making a tour of the See also:South Seas—in See also:Paris under See also:Jean See also:Paul See also:Laurens . He settled in New See also:York See also:City in 188o; in 1882 went with the See also:Marquis of Lorne through See also:Canada, preparing sketches for Picturesque Canada; and in 1905 became a member of the See also:National Academy of See also:Design . Most of his See also:work was See also:magazine and See also:book See also:illustration for stories of See also:modern See also:life, but he painted portraits and See also:water See also:colours, and received the See also:Evans See also:Prize of the American Water Color Society in 189o, and a See also:bronze See also:medal at the Paris Exposition of 19oo .

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