William Collingwood Smith

William Collingwood Smith RWS (10 December 1815 Greenwich – 15 March 1887 Brixton Hill),[1] was a British watercolourist.

[2] Specialising in marine and river scenes, and sweeping landscapes, he turned out more than a thousand paintings and drawings.

Shipping scenes he painted included HMS Dreadnought, which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar.

He enjoyed an outstanding reputation as a teacher so that his classes at Wyndham Lodge, 13 Brixton Hill, included not only amateurs, but also professionals, and military and naval officers.

He is buried there alongside his wife Louisa Triquet and his son William Harding Collingwood Smith who was also an artist.