Colvin Smith

(1796-1875)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Smith Colvin (1796-1875) artist DNB: Smith, Colvin (1796–1875), portrait painter LBT ID: CoSmith1875 VIAF ID: 91369002	B/BAP: 1796-07-16 DIED: 1875-07-21
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Scottish portrait painter, the nephew of the historian John Gillies (1747–1836); educated at Edinburgh University and the Royal academy, his subjects included Henry Mackenzie, Francis Jeffrey, and Sir Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO Colvin Smith: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 60