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An example of work by Allen Jr Smith Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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New York trained artist, Allen Smith, Jr. settled in Cleveland, Ohio in 1841, having been in New York City from 1930, and swiftly rose to prominence as a portrait and genre painter. Like all artists, he suffered greatly during the Panic of 1857, and this circumstance forced him to take a job in James F. Ryder’s studio where, according to his employer’s advertisements, he produced the “best oil painted photographs in Ohio.”
With eight children to support, Smith collaborated wi (showing 500 of 1009 characters). |
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