J.B Smith - Untitled

James Burrell Smith was a painter in both oils and watercolours, who was born in the South of England. In 1843 he moved to Northumberland where he studied under Thomas Miles Richardson for about 5 years. After moving to London in 1854, he became a drawing master with Dickenson of Bond Street and it was at this point, that he built up a teaching practice and concentrated on watercolour painting.