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Joseph Smith (c. 1682 – Venice, 6 November 1770), often known as Consul Smith, was the British consul at Venice from 1744 to 1760.[1][2][3] He was a patron of artists, most notably Canaletto, a collector and connoisseur, banker to the British community at Venice, and a major draw on the British Grand Tour.[4] His collection of drawings was bought for George III of Great Britain and forms a nucleus of the Royal Collection of drawings in the Print Room at Windsor Castle.[5]
- ^ "No. 8312". The London Gazette. 20 March 1743. p. 10. Dates given in the London Gazette prior to 1752 are old style, by modern standards, with the year beginning on 1 January, rather than 25 March, this date falls in 1744
- ^ "No. 10072". The London Gazette. 20 January 1761. p. 7.
- ^ Morrison, Stuart L. (2004). "Smith, Joseph (1673/4?–1770)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25871. Retrieved 2 April 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The standard biography is Frances Vivian, Il Console Smith mercante e collezionista (Vicenza) 1971.
- ^ See Frances Vivian, The Consul Smith Collection: Masterpieces of Italian Drawing from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Raphael to CanalettoISBN 9783777452500. The other nucleus of Windsor drawings comprises the drawings collected by Cardinal Alessandro Albani, purchased through the agency of Robert Adam's brother James.