William Thomas Smedley

American artist (1858-1920)
Person Human Q8019347

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
March 26, 1858, 1858[6]
Date of death
March 26, 1920, 1920[7]
Place of birth
Chester County
Place of death
Bronxville
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
painter
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library[24][25]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[23]
Family name
Smedley[13]
Given name
William[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Thomas Smedley en William T. Smedley en W. T. Smedley ja ウィリアム・トーマス・スメドレー ru Смедли, Уильям Томас ru Уильям Томас Смедли
🔖 Identifiers · 49
VIAF cluster ID
163149106350568492790
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82001554
Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
10684
Artist-info artist ID
100452
Artists in Canada record number
15225
Artists of the World ID
00182182
Artnet artist ID
william-thomas-smedley
AskArt person ID
24220
Athenaeum person ID
937
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Australian Prints + Printmaking artist ID
2096
Benezit ID
B00170816
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12532404w
Design & Art Australia Online ID
william-thomas-smedley
DoME artist ID
13689
Europeana entity
agent/base/154400
FAST ID
85016
Freebase ID
/m/061kkv
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991003855799707141
ISFDB author ID
182856
IdRef ID
184667801
Invaluable.com person ID
fe2b4qpoaf
J9U entity ID
987010000318305171
KBR person ID
14323099
Koha Kütüphane ID
73376
Met Constituent ID
162427
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
27339
NLA Trove people ID
1291234
NUKAT ID
n99708575
National Gallery of Art artist ID
35487
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5610464
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068161891
Online Books Page author ID
Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas), 1858-1920
Open Library ID
OL317513A
OpenMLOL author ID
177245
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
48505
Project Gutenberg author ID
26043
RKDartists ID
73196
SBN author ID
LO1V316288
SNAC ARK ID
w6mg8438
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
14890
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
4485
Union List of Artist Names ID
500017782
Watercolour World artist ID
william-thomas-smedley
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfmrHXwB9g4kxW78VB3wC

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 5
Country of citizenship 1
Described by source 1
Educated at 1
Genre 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
Member of 1
Occupation 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Sex or gender 1
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Summary

William Thomas Smedley was born on March 26, 1858[1], in Chester County[2]. He died on March 26, 1920[3], in Bronxville[4]. He worked as a painter[5].

FAQs

Where was William Thomas Smedley born?

William Thomas Smedley was born in Chester County[2].

Where did William Thomas Smedley die?

William Thomas Smedley died in Bronxville[4].

What did William Thomas Smedley do for work?

William Thomas Smedley worked as a painter[5].

Where did William Thomas Smedley go to school?

William Thomas Smedley was educated at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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