Allen Smith Jr.

Later, he went to New York, where he studied with the miniaturist, William Daniel Parisen (1800-1849), while attending antique classes at the American Academy of the Fine Arts.

As a father of eight children, he would often find it necessary to supplement his income by touching up and colorizing photographs for local studios.

Following the Panic of 1857, he took a permanent position at the firm of James Fitzallen Ryder (1826-1904), and produced the "best oil painted photographs in Ohio".

[3] He retired to Lake County in 1882 and devoted his time to painting landscapes in Big Creek Valley.

[2] Some sources credit him as the designer of the first flag of the State of Michigan, which featured a portrait of Governor Stevens T.