Life And Character. Drawings by W. T. Smedley, A. N. A; Member of the American Water-Color Society, Society of American Artists and National Academy of Design
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1899. W. T. Smedley - American Artist. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Folio, green cloth with title inside gilt double ruled borders surrounded by gilt acorn design inside double ruled borders, spine lettered in gilt, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, 166 numbered pages, 55 full page illustrations each with accompanying text. -- Tiny bit of shelf wear to tips of spine and corners. -- No other notable defects. Condition. Near fine. Item #10034
"William Thomas Smedley (March 26, 1858 – March 26, 1920), American artist, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He worked at a newspaper, then studied engraving and art in Philadelphia, in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and—after making a tour of the South Seas—in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens. He settled in New York City in 1880; in 1882 went with the Marquis of Lorne through Canada, preparing sketches for Picturesque Canada. He also provided wood engravings that appeared as illustrations in The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (1886). In 1905 he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Most of his work was magazine and book illustration for stories of modern life, but he painted portraits and watercolours, and received the Evans Prize of the American Watercolor Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900".-wikipedia.
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