Francis Hopkinson Smith
Engineer, artist, illustrator, and short story writer
American , 1838-1915
United States author, artist and engineer, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Smith became a contractor in New York City and did much work for the federal government, including the stone ice-breaker at Bridgeport, Connecticut, the jetties at the mouth of the Connecticut River, the foundation for the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, the Race Rock Lighthouse (southwest of Fishers Island, New York) and many life-saving stations. His vacations were spent sketching in the White Mountains, in Cuba and in Mexico. Related Paintings of Francis Hopkinson Smith :. | The Miraculous Draught of Fishes | Four aldermen of the Kloveniersdoelen in Amsterdam | Sunset in the Rockies | Triptych of St.John the Baptist and St.John the Evangelist hh | The Dead Icarus | Related Artists: Henry George Hine,RI1811-1895
Nicola Russopainted apparizione di san Michele in 1690 Sir edward coley burne-jones,Bt.,A.R.A.,R.W.S1833-1898
English painter and decorative artist. He was the leading figure in the second phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. His paintings of subjects from medieval legend and Classical mythology and his designs for stained glass, tapestry and many other media played an important part in the Aesthetic Movement and the history of international Symbolism.
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