George Henry Smillie

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are New England and Lake Como. Work by George Henry Smillie is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Brooklyn Museum.

• Name — George Henry Smillie • Born — December 29, 1840 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, United States • Died — 10 November 1921 • Place of death — Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, United States • Occupation — Painter, etcher • Spouse — Nellie Sheldon Jacobs (m. 1881–1921; his death) • Children — 3 • Relatives — James David Smillie (brother)

George Henry Smillie was born on December 29, 1840, in New York, to parents Catherine (née Vans Valkenburgh) and Scottish-born artist James S. Smillie (1807–1885). He was the brother of artist James David Smillie (1833–1909). Smillie studied under his father, and under painter James McDougal Hart.

He became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1882. Like his brother, he painted both in oils and in watercolor. His favorite subjects were scenes along the New England coast. In 1871 Smillie travelled west to make landscape paintings and drawings, particularly of the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite Valley. In June 1881, he married painter Nellie Sheldon Jacobs (1854–1926), at All Souls' Church in New York City. Together they had three sons. He died on November 10, 1921, in his home in Bronxville, in Westchester County, New York. He was survived by his wife and children. His work is in museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. • Illustration — River Landscape with Mountain View • Illustration — Tremezzo, Lake Como (1898) • Illustration — Working on the Thames River (1884)

George Henry Smillie is recorded as painter.