SMITH, Russell, artist, born in Glasgow, Scotland, 26 April, 1812. He was originally named William T. Russell Smith, but for many years has used only the name Russell. In 1819 he came to the United States with his parents, and later he studied painting with James R. Lambdin. He began to devote himself to scene-painting, and went in 1834 to Philadelphia, where he worked at the Walnut and the old Chestnut street theatres for six years. After his marriage he abandoned scenefor landscape-painting, meeting with great success. He became noted also as a scientific draughtsman, being employed in that capacity by Sir Charles Lyell and others, and also in the geological surveys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. In 1850 he went abroad, and after his return to Philadelphia he painted many landscapes until 1856. At that time the Academy of music was building, and Smith was employed to paint its scenery. The handsome landscape drop-curtain that he produced brought him many commissions for similar work. One of his latest, productions of this kind is the curtain for the Grand opera-house, Philadelphia. Among Mr. Smith's numerous landscapes are "Choeorua Peak" and "Cave at Chelton Hills," which was at the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876. He is a member of the Pennsylvania historical society and the Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts, where he has contributed regularly to the exhibitions for the past fifty years.--His wife, MARY P., and his daughter, MARY, were artists of some ability.-His son, Xanthus, born in Philadelphia, 26 February, 1839, is known as a marine- and landscape-painter. He served during the civil war under Admiral Samuel F. DuPont, and has painted many of the naval engagements of the war.