This resulted in the 1864 publication of Report on the works of pupils, in the French schools of design, recently exhibited in the Palais de l'Industrie, Champs-Elysées, Paris.
[6] He developed an elementary curriculum of drawing for Massachusetts public schools, which would "set the standard for art education throughout the Northeast.
"[1] Another of Smith's accomplishments was a drawing technique, "based on a drawing technique developed by the English designer Christopher Dresser, his method emphasized regular ornament consisting of simple geometrical forms arranged symmetrically.
In the preface he declared, that the intention of the work was to cover the whole field of art education: Smith was an early proponent of industrial design.
[9]: 44 He also advocated for design careers for women and hoped that new American art schools would not be involved in gender bias.