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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Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition
Date
1866
Place
Public Library Building, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Victorian Industrial Society
Date
1856
Place
Melbourne, Vic
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Melbourne Industrial Society
Date
1854
Place
Melbourne, Vic
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Great Exhibition
Date
1851
Place
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other occupations
  • town clerk of Williamstown
  • clerk
  • Designer
  • town clerk of Williamstown
  • clerk
  • Designer
Related people
  • Davies, Henry (associate of)
  • Fisher, William (associate of)
  • Thomas Marie, Anne (spouse of)
  • Davies, Henry (associate of)
  • Fisher, William (associate of)
  • Thomas Marie, Anne (spouse of)
Related person groups
  • Victorian Industrial Society (associate of)
  • Victorian Industrial Society (associate of)
Related collections
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
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)
Related events
  • Victorian Industrial Society (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Industrial Society (exhibited at)
  • Great Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Industrial Society (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Industrial Society (exhibited at)
  • Great Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
  • 1991