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John Moyr Smith

Header: John Moyr Smith
Also known as: John Moyr Smith; primary name: Smith, John Moyr
Details: individual; designer; architect; Scottish; Male
Life dates: 1839-1912
Biography: Scottish architect and designer, he studied at Glasgow School of Art and worked on the Stirling's Library project before moving to Manchester as assistant to the gothicist Alfred Derbyshire. in 1866 he moved to London to be assistant toGeorge Gilbert Scott. By about 1867 he was on 'temporary service' for Christopher Dresser and was supplying designs for the Arthur Silver Studio. From about 1870 he had an extensive commercial practice in the decorative arts,. His clients included Minton. He also published four books: 'Studies for Pictures: A Medley', 1868; 'Album of Decorative Figures' (1882); 'Ancient Greek Female Costume' (1882) and 'Ornamental Interiors, Ancient and Modern' (1888). He also illustrated a great many others.
Bibliography: Stapleton, Annamarie, 'John Moyr Smith, 1839-1912: a Victorian designer', Shepton Beauchamp 2002.

93 related objects

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.23 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.213 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.200 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.193 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.190 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.203 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.196 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1876

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.7 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.13 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration; ornament print

Museum number: 1912,1227.204 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.31 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.14 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Title: Lysander and Hermia before Theseus |
Museum number: 1902,0228.10 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; title-page

Museum number: 1902,0228.16 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.206 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Title: The Descent of Puck with Love in Idelness. |
Museum number: 1902,0228.9 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.21 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.15 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.185 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.209 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.11 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.2 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Title: The Triple Marriage in the Temple. |
Museum number: 1902,0228.12 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.205 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.29 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.196 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.38 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.188 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1870

print

Museum number: 1912,1227.217 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.17 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.34 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print

Museum number: 1912,1227.214 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.186 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.192 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.188 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.20 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.201 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.212 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.26 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1871

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Routledge |
Production date: 1879

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Chapman & Hall |
Production date: 1875

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.202 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.195 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.211 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.208 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.28 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.6 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Title: The Interlude of Pyramus and Thisbe on the Palace Terrace |
Museum number: 1902,0228.4 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.210 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.27 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.33 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.25 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1872

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.37 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.194 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Chapman & Hall |
Production date: 1873

print

Museum number: 1912,1227.215 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.18 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print

Museum number: 1902,0228.1 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.197 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Chapman & Hall |
Production date: 1877

print; tail-piece

Museum number: 1912,1227.187 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.41 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.189 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.198 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.3 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.194 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Chapman & Hall |
Production date: 1874

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.197 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.306 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William Harcourt HooperAfter:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Title: Puck and the Fairy. |
Museum number: 1902,0228.5 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.30 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.199 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print

Museum number: 1912,1227.216 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 After:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.191 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.35 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.8 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.19 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.22 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Title: Tomb of Henry IV. at Canterbury Cathedral. |
Museum number: 1902,0228.42 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.32 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.39 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.207 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.40 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.24 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1902,0228.36 |
Producer name: BIOG75315 Print made by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1889

tile

Museum number: 1999,0403.2 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Moyr SmithFactory of:Minton's China Works |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

tile

Museum number: 1999,0403.4 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Moyr SmithFactory of:Minton's China Works |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

tile

Museum number: 1996,0206.1-3 |
Producer name: Factory of:Minton's China WorksDesigned by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1876 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

tile

Museum number: 1999,0403.1 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Moyr SmithFactory of:Minton's China Works |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

tile

Museum number: 2000,1102.1 |
Producer name: Factory of:Minton's China WorksDesigned by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1875

tile

Museum number: 1999,0403.3 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Moyr SmithFactory of:Minton's China Works |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

tile

Museum number: 1980,0206.1-6 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Moyr SmithFactory of:Minton's China Works |
Production date: 1876-1880 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

tile

Museum number: 1993,0511.1 |
Producer name: Factory of:Minton's China WorksDesigned by:John Moyr Smith |
Production date: 1876 |
Production place: Factory in:Stoke-on-Trent

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