George Frederick Smith b. c.1828

  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
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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Citations

  • (1909), 'Williamstown Chronicle 3 April’.

  • (1909), 'Williamstown Advertiser 3 April’.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Davies, Henry (associate of)
  • Fisher, William (associate of)
  • Thomas Marie, Anne (spouse of)
Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Industrial Society (associate of)
Related collections
  • 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)
Related events
  • Victorian Industrial Society (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Industrial Society (exhibited at)
  • Great Exhibition (exhibited at)