Ferdinand David Smith, Subject Painter
(b. 1830, d. 1855)
Subject Painter
From A Dictionary of Irish Artists 1913
He was son of Joseph Smith of 26 Waterloo Road, Dublin, and was born in 1830. In 1851 he made his first contributions to the Royal Hibernian Academy: "The Young Angler," "Good Humour" and "Bad Humour," and was an exhibitor during the three following years. He died in his 25th year, on 18th October, 1855, at his father's house in Waterloo Road.