John Rubens Smith

John Rubens Smith in the archive

Periods & movements

19th Century, 18th Century

Genres

Drawings, Landscape, Figurative, Illustration, Mythology

Cultures

American

Key works by John Rubens Smith

1. Old Boston. Beacon Hill from Mt. Vernon St., near the head of Hancock St.
2. Beacon Hill from Mt. Vernon St., near the head of Hancock St. (1858)
3. Mrs. J.R. Smith, Elizabeth Pepperell Sanger, sitting on a rock (1809-1829)
4. Preliminary design for mourning scene; two veiled women grieving over funerary monument with urn, weeping willow in background (1809-1844)
5. Eliza Pepperell Sanger Smith, wife of John Rubens Smith (1830-1840)
6. Mr. Graupner – seated and holding music (1809)
7. Officer from the First Troop, Philadelphia, seated by a tent in which a writing desk is visible (1839)
8. Soldier from the First City Troop, Philadelphia, in uniform and helmet with a plume (1839)