Artist

E. Smith

E. Smith is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

That quiet painter E. Smith? The one who slipped into every tourist’s sketchbook in the 1850s. He loved ruins so much he’d stand in a downpour to catch a crumbling arch under storm clouds, then dash off a watercolour on the spot.

His “Landscape with Ruins and Horseman: Stormy Effect” lets you trace the raindrops with your finger, no filter needed. Hunt it down in the back room of the Victoria & Albert; it’s smaller than a postcard and twice as alive.

Works by E. Smith

Collections represented

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.