Smith family (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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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.
From the description of Mary, Xanthus, and Russell Smith family papers, 1793-1977, bulk 1826-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317592395
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creatorOf | Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers | Archives of American Art |
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associatedWith | Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. |
associatedWith | Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. |
associatedWith | Clemon's Gallery (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
associatedWith | Lambdin, George Cochran, 1830-1896. |
associatedWith | Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889. |
associatedWith | Neagle, John, 1796-1865. |
associatedWith | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860. |
associatedWith | Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905. |
associatedWith | Root's Gallery (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
associatedWith | Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895. |
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