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GEORGE ARMFIELD SMITH
1808 - 1893
Painter of animals, landscape, dead game, birds, and other wild animals. George Armfield Smith exhibited five pictures at the Royal Academy, including “Fox Prowling” and “Portraits of Horses & Dogs”, two works at the British Institute of Artists and one work at Society of Artists in Suffolk Street. He is recorded as living at a London address. In 1840 he changed his name to George Armfield, and went on to become especially well-known for his paintings of dogs chasing birds, cats or mice.
