Summer A. Smith

Not to be confused with Summer Smith.

Summer A. Smith was an American photographer who worked in the 1850s and 1860s and was an early creator of daguerrotypes.

Career

Blacksmith Forging a Horseshoe, c. 1859–1860, by Summer A. Smith

Smith was one of eighteen professional women photographers who worked in Pennsylvania prior to 1870. ^[1]

Smith was active in the 1850s and 1860s, including a stint in Philadelphia and Montrose, Iowa. ^{[2] [3]} While in Philadelphia, Smith boarded at one of the several inns known as the Black Horse Tavern and operated a daguerreotypist studio nearby. ^[2]

Two of Smith's prints are included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. ^[4]

Notable work

• Blacksmith Forging a Horseshoe, 1859-1860 ^{[2] [5]}

References

1. Hudgins, Nicole (2020). The Gender of Photography: How Masculine and Feminine Values Shaped the History of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. p. 250. ISBN   9781000211504.
2. "Summer A. Smith". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
3. Palmquist, Peter E.; Kailbourn, Thomas R. (2005). Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865. Stanford University Press. p. 558. ISBN   978-0-8047-4057-9.
4. "Summer A. Smith: Blacksmith Forging a Horseshoe". mfah.org.
5. "MFA H Annual Report 2017-2018" (PDF). p. 82.