Roundel with a view of a thatched cottage near Crab Tree, Worcestershire, by ca. 1840

Samuel Smith (fl. 1800 - fl. 1840)

RA Collection: Art

A roundel watercolour with a view of a thatched cottage. According to the inscription this is a view near Crabtree in Worcestershire. Samuel Smith was a porcelain painter who worked for the company of Flight, Barr and Barr in Worcester and the colour, style and shape of this drawing suggest that it was intended as a design for porcelain. John Homes Smith and his son John Halphead Smith who collected these drawings also worked as porcelain painters and it is almost certain that they knew, or were perhaps related to, Samuel Smith.