Smibert, John

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Dates 1713-15
Location London
Vocation Portrait painter
Place of Birth Edinburgh
Marriage Mary Williams
Issue Nathaniel
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Apprenticed to a house painter in Edinburgh before moving to London. Joined the Great Queen Street Academy, governed by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Returned to Edinburgh and from there travelled to Italy and Bermuda. Eventually settled in Boston where he died in 1751.