William James Smith
William James Smith is represented here by two etchings that place him within the graphic traditions of the early nineteenth century, where biblical narrative and landscape ruin frequently met. The plates take up subjects such as the blindness of Tobit and Christ with the woman of Samaria among ruins, worked in etching throughout. Both sheets belong to a period documented as 1824–1825, so the holdings reflect a narrow window of activity rather than a broad survey. Where the surviving impressions date later, they are understood as impressions up to that range rather than as newly conceived works.
2 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
