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James Smetham

1821–1889

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13 artworks by James Smetham
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Biography

James Smetham (9 September 1821 – 5 February 1889) was an English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painter and engraver, a follower of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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An Essex Farm

James Smetham
date not known

Forsake Not the Law of Thy Mother

James Smetham
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The Last Sleep

James Smetham
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Hugh Miller

James Smetham
1860
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Midsummer

James Smetham
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Mr Robert Levett

James Smetham
1861
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The Lord of the Sabbath

James Smetham
1861
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The Resurrection of the Daisy

James Smetham
1861
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