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          BIOGRAPHY
          Francis Hopkinson Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the first President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

          He had a successful career as a naval engineer, working on such projects as the Statue of Liberty and the Race Rock Lighthouse off Block Island.

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          6. By the 1880s, Smith gave up engineering to pursue art and writing among other pursuits. Smith was self-taught and quickly achieved great skill in pastel, charcoal and oils.  He spent part of each summer in Venice, and also traveled and painted throughout Italy and in Mexico, Spain, Turkey, and France.

          Smith was a member of several art associations including the American Water Color Society where he was the treasurer from 1873 to 1878, the Art Clubs of both Philadelphia and Cincinnati, the Society of Illustrators, the Tile Club and the Century Association.

          He exhibited award-winning wor