James Burrell Smith (1822–1897)was an English landscape watercolorist active in the 19th century. His work is in museum collections in the UK and abroad. Life & training: Born 1822 but relocated to Alnwick, Northumberland in 1843 to study with Thomas Miles Richardson, Sr., learning watercolor techniques typical of Romantic and early Victorian landscape painters.Work & style: Specialized in atmospheric landscape and coastal scenes, often with careful tonal gradations and detailed foregrounds; executed in watercolor with occasionally highlighted with gouache. His compositions show influences from the English school of topographical and picturesque landscape painting.Subjects & locations: Frequently painted the British countryside, river scenes, and coastal views; and he exhibited scenes from northern England and Scotland as well as the southern coasts.Exhibitions & recognition: Smith exhibited at venues such as the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as well as provincial institutions during the mid- to late 1800s.