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. | |