Jane Stewart Smith
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Jane Stewart Smith ({{Nee|Burnet(t)}}; {{Circa|1839}}–1925) was a Scottish painter and draughtswoman, based in Edinburgh.
Art
Jane Stewart Smith possessed a talent for architectural studies. She produced scenes of street life, building studies, and landscapes, in oils and watercolours. She also produced drawings.{{Cite book |last=Gray |first=Sara |title=The Dictionary of British Women Artists |publisher= |year=2009 |pages=243}}
She exhibited for over twenty years, including at the Royal Scottish Academy (49 pictures, 1865–87), the Royal Glasgow Institute (1866–82), the Royal Hibernian Academy (1869), and the Society of Women Artists (37 pictures, 1869–87).
Her exhibited works included: Melrose Abbey, Ancient Houses, Edinburgh, Canal Scene, Chester, and Bit of Leith Harbour.
Writing
She was also the author of two books:
- The Grange of St Giles. Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1898;
- Historic Stones of Bygone Edinburgh. Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1924.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=22 November 2015 |title=Jane Stewart Smith, artist and writer |url=https://edinburghfootnotes.co.uk/2015/11/22/jane-stewart-smith-artist-writer/ |access-date= |website=Edinburgh Footnotes}}
External links
- {{Art UK bio}}
References
= Citations =
= Bibliography =
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- Gray, Sara (2009). "Smith, Jane Stewart". In [https://books.google.com/books?id=LfAFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 The Dictionary of British Women Artists]. The Lutterworth Press. {{ISBN|97807 18830847}}.
- Harris, Paul & Halsby, Julian (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters: 1600 to the Present. Canongate. {{ISBN|1 84195 150 1}}.
- McEwan, Peter J. M. (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. {{ISBN|1 85149 134 1}}.
- [https://edinburghfootnotes.co.uk/2015/11/22/jane-stewart-smith-artist-writer/ "Jane Stewart Smith, artist and writer"]. Edinburgh Footnotes. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- [https://talesofonecity.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/jane-stewart-smith-watercolours/ "Jane Stewart Smith watercolours"]. Tales of One City. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- [https://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/view-item?i=362&WINID=1650007822859 "Smith, Jane Stewart"]. Capital Collections. n.d. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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Category:19th-century Scottish women artists
Category:19th-century Scottish women writers