married and left 3 daughters. His work can be found in the Yale Center for British Art (Paul Mellon Collection) in the USA; Goodwood House, Sussex, England; Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge; Tate Gallery and the V&A, London. Family John Smith (1717–1764), younger brother of George, was his pupil, and painted landscapes of a similar character; the two frequently worked on the same canvas. John exhibited with the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1760 and with the Free Society from 1761–64. In 1760, and again in 1761, he was awarded the second premium of the Society of Arts, and in 1762, when his brother George was not a candidate, the first; his 'premium' landscape of 1760 was engraved by Woollett. He died at Chichester on 29 July 1764. William Smith (1707–1764), the eldest of the brothers, born at Guildford, was placed by the Duke of Richmond with a portrait-painter in London, and for a time practised portraiture, first in London and then for eight or nine years at Gloucester. On his return to London he painted fruit and flowers with success until his health gave way, when he retired to Shopwyke, near Chichester. There he died on 4 October 1764. A group portrait of the three Smith brothers was painted and engraved in mezzotint by William Pether (c. 1738–1821), in 1765. William's cousin, landscape painter Abraham Pether (1756–1812), was a pupil of George Smith. References Attribution External links A classical river landscape (Fergus hall Master Paintings) Biography (Answers.com) Portrait of George Smith, and John Smith (National Portrait Gallery, London) Landscapes by George Smith (Tate Collection, London) Hop Pickers, in a cottage yard; and Apple Pickers, by a stream (oil on canvas – Christie's) English landscape painters People from Chichester 1713 births 1776 deaths English male poets