50th Annual Delaware Show

— 30 — DIXON-HALL FINE ART 130 Potters Pond Drive, Phoenixville, PA 19460 610.935.2570 dixonhall@verizon.net • www.dixonhallfine art.com BOOTH 10 William Thompson Russell Smith (1812–1896) Mediterranean Isles, dated 1854 Oil on canvas, 24¾ x 37½ inches Signed, dated and titled on reverse This view off the Italian coast is undoubtedly based on Smith’s sketches from the artistic tour of Europe that he made with his family in 1851–52. His interest in geological and topographical locations is beautifully recorded in this luminescent sunset view in southern Italy, possibly off Capri.