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W & G Smith

Also known as: W & G Smith; primary name: W & G Smith; other name: Smith, W & G
Details: organisation; British
Other dates: 1835-1848 (partnership)
Biography: This term is used for the partnership of the brothers William and George Smith. See also separate entries for the two men acting individually. William (qv) and George (q.v.) Smith took over the business on their father's sudden death in 1835, and ran it as a partnership under the name W & G Smith. William was the public figure; George seems to have run the shop in the background. They were the major supplier to the BM between 1836 and 1849: the Sheepshanks collection in 1836, Georg Friedrich Schmidt in 1838, Cornelis and Johannes Visscher in 1839 (see 1839,0413.155 to 424, his catalogue of the latter was published in 1864). In 1845 they sold two major collections of early prints to the BM: one of 1757 Northern prints for £2,880 (1845,0809.1 to 1757), the other of Italian prints for £4,875 (1845,0825.1 to 829). The brothers retired from the business in 1848/9. The BM purchased selections of their stock and the remaining stock was sold at four auctions.

17,354 related objects

book

Museum number: Sheepshanks.431 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1701

book; print

Museum number: 1845,0809.660-797 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht DürerPrint made by:Hans Burgkmair the Elder |
Production date: 1516-1518 1526

book

Museum number: Sheepshanks.430 |
Production date: 1701

book

Museum number: Sheepshanks.434 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1701

book

Museum number: Sheepshanks.510 |
Production date: 1794-1820

book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1843,0513.19 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1800-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0911.133 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 After:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1700-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.549 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.73 |
Producer name: BIOG20382 Drawn by:Andries Both |
Production date: 1624-1640

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.767 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.57 |
Producer name: BIOG20313 Drawn by:Anthonie van Borssom |
Production date: 1644-1677

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.461 |
Producer name: BIOG44131 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1664

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.443 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Drawn by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1679

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.656 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0326.18 |
Producer name: BIOG49874 Drawn by:Cornelis Visscher |
Production date: 1644-1662

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.142 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.569 |
Producer name: BIOG19295 Drawn by:Claes van Beresteyn |
Production date: 1652-1684

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.700 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.571 |
Producer name: BIOG50422 Drawn by:Anthonie Waterloo |
Production date: 1624-1676

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.665 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 After:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.762 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.472 |
Producer name: BIOG44031 Drawn by:Roelant Roghman |
Production date: 1612-1637

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.429 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Drawn by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1670-1685

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.466 |
Producer name: BIOG44131 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1646-1685

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.533 |
Producer name: BIOG49521 Drawn by:Adriaen van de Velde |
Production date: 1653

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.580 |
Producer name: BIOG50422 Drawn by:Anthonie Waterloo |
Production date: 1624-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.14 |
Producer name: BIOG22878 Attributed to:Antonio Circignani |
Production date: 1585-1630

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.604 |
Producer name: BIOG51948 Drawn by:Reinier Zeeman |
Production date: 1638-1663

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.536 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.475 |
Producer name: BIOG44031 Drawn by:Roelant Roghman |
Production date: 1612-1637

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.161 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.289 |
Producer name: BIOG27350 Drawn by:Albert Flamen |
Production date: 1648-1664

drawing

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5158 |
Producer name: BIOG38418 Drawn by:Frans van Mieris II |
Production date: 1704-1763

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.314 |
Producer name: BIOG31063 Drawn by:Egbert van Heemskerck I |
Production date: 1649-1704

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.476 |
Producer name: BIOG44031 Drawn by:Roelant Roghman |
Production date: 1612-1637

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.117 |
Producer name: BIOG26011 Drawn by:Cornelis Dusart |
Production date: 1675-1704

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.548 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.606 |
Producer name: BIOG51948 Drawn by:Reinier Zeeman |
Production date: 1638-1663

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.182 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.616 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.409 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Isaak Jansz van OstadeFormerly attributed to:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1636-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.345 |
Producer name: BIOG35814 Drawn by:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1640

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.25 |
Producer name: BIOG18197 Drawn by:Ludolf Bakhuizen |
Production date: 1646-1708

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0709.18 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 After:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.50 |
Producer name: BIOG19910 Drawn by:Pieter van Bloemen |
Production date: 1672-1720

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.306 |
Producer name: BIOG27350 Drawn by:Albert Flamen |
Production date: 1648-1664

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.467.+ |
Producer name: BIOG44131 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1646-1685

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.800 |
Producer name: BIOG44730 Drawn by:Herman Saftleven |
Production date: 1624-1685

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.178 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.278 |
Producer name: BIOG27350 Drawn by:Albert Flamen |
Production date: 1648-1664

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.210 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.738 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0911.92 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtAfter:Jan van Vliet |
Production date: 1700-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.513 |
Producer name: BIOG47497 Drawn by:Abraham Storck |
Production date: 1630-1710

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.143 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.85 |
Producer name: BIOG20984 Drawn by:Jan Bronkhorst |
Production date: 1663-1727

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.196 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.732 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.83 |
Producer name: BIOG20765 Drawn by:Jan de Bray |
Production date: 1642-1697

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.560 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtCircle/School of:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1631

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.221 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0911.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Abraham DelfosAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1746-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.88 |
Producer name: BIOG20779 Drawn by:Bartholomeus Breenbergh |
Production date: 1614-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.180 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.395 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Drawn by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1650

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.654 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.559 |
Producer name: BIOG49920 Drawn by:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1616-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.518 |
Producer name: BIOG47830 Drawn by:Herman van Swanevelt |
Production date: 1649

drawing

Museum number: 1850,0223.194 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Drawn by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1634

drawing

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6944 |
Producer name: BIOG50422 After:Anthonie Waterloo |
Production date: 1640-1690

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.207 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.346 |
Producer name: BIOG35814 Drawn by:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1650

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.520 |
Producer name: BIOG47830 Drawn by:Herman van Swanevelt |
Production date: 1649

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.44 |
Producer name: BIOG19275 Drawn by:Nicolaes Berchem |
Production date: 1635-1683

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0326.8 |
Producer name: BIOG17932 Drawn by:Hendrick Barentsz. Avercamp |
Production date: 1600-1634

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.667 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.727 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.765 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.704 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.233 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.473 |
Producer name: BIOG44031 Drawn by:Roelant Roghman |
Production date: 1612-1637

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.582 |
Producer name: BIOG50422 Drawn by:Anthonie Waterloo |
Production date: 1624-1676

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.760 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.138 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.516 |
Producer name: BIOG52399 Drawn by:J Storck |
Production date: 1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.313 |
Producer name: BIOG44600 Attributed to:Jacob Isaaksz van Ruisdael |
Production date: 1643-1682

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.391 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.209 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.699 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0709.21 |
Producer name: BIOG25264 Drawn by:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1611-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.122 |
Producer name: BIOG26011 Drawn by:Cornelis Dusart |
Production date: 1675-1704

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.154 |
Producer name: BIOG26675 Drawn by:Allaert van Everdingen |
Production date: 1636-1675

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.735 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.307 |
Producer name: BIOG27350 Drawn by:Albert Flamen |
Production date: 1648-1664

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.494 |
Producer name: BIOG44730 Drawn by:Herman Saftleven |
Production date: 1624-1685

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.677 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.59 |
Producer name: BIOG20313 Drawn by:Anthonie van Borssom |
Production date: 1644-1677

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.629 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.749 |
Producer name: BIOG40129 Drawn by:Gillis Neyts |
Production date: 1638-1687

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.12 |
Producer name: BIOG18197 Drawn by:Ludolf Bakhuizen |
Production date: 1646-1708