Smith, Mary, 1842-1878
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Smith, Mary, 1842-1878
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Smith, Mary, 1842-1878
Smith, Mary (American painter, 1842-1878)
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Mary Smith
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Mary Smith
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Family of artists; Philadelphia, Pa. area.
Russell Smith (1812-1896) was a native of Glasgow, Scotland whose family came to the United States in 1819 and settled near Pittsburgh. Russell Smith married Mary Priscilla Wilson, a flower painter and teacher of French and drawing, in 1838. Mary Priscilla Smith (1819-1874) studied at a female seminary in Germantown, Pennsylvania operated by noted educator William Russell (Russell Smith's uncle) in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and at Charles Picot's school in Philadelphia. After becoming a mother, she painted very little but taught her children, Xanthus and Mary, to draw and paint. Xanthus Smith (1839-1929) was born in Philadelphia. Mary Russell Smith (1842-1878) was born near Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/305410968
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr99006848
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/nr99006848
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Landscape painting
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Painting, Modern
Women painters
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Americans
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Pennsylvania
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