Nancy Smith (designer)

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Nancy Smith (1881-1962) was a British designer. She began her career as a book illustrator but became one of the first professional female poster designers in Britain.

In 1916, Smith became a founder member of the Decorative Art Group, founded by Henry Nevinson.{{cite book|title=A Dilemma of English Modernism: Visual and Verbal Politics in the Life and Work of C.R.W. Nevinson (1889–1946)|editor=Michael J. K. Walsh|publisher=University of Delaware Press|year=2007|page=116|isbn=978-0-874-13942-6}} She created numerous posters for London Transport,{{cite web|url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/the-collection?q=nancy+smith|title=The collection|website=www.ltmuseum.co.uk}} including one showing Epping Forest in 1922, which had become accessible by the Central Line.{{cite web|url=https://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/posters/custom-london-prints-all/epping-forest-5479#selection=pto_finish:Matt__970;pto_frame:Black__965;pto_size:Small__961;pto_mount:With%20Mount__973|title=Epping Forest, by Nancy Smith, 1922|work=London Transport Museum Shop|accessdate=8 April 2018}}{{cite book|author=David Bownes|publisher=london transport museum|year=2018|title=Poster Girls |isbn=978-1-871829-28-0}}