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Pierre Jacques Smit

Dutch, 1863-1960
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The Reverend Pierre Jacques Smit, who often signed his works Peter Smit, Peter J. Smit, or P.J. Smit, was a natural history illustrator of the Victorian era in England.

Smit was born in Leiderdorp, Holland, the son of the Dutch natural history illustrator Joseph Smit (1836–1929), also an "able and successful" artist. When he was two years old, the Smit family moved to England, and Joseph became an illustrator at the British Museum Natural History (now the Natural History Museum). Peter showed that he had a natural talent for drawing when he was a boy, and he followed his father in working in natural history illustration, including work for the British Museum.

Smit was commissioned by the British Museum Natural History to do pencil and ink drawings of the museum's Central Hall for its 1890/91 Guide; he lived in Primrose Hill, London at the time. A much larger work ensued, as he contributed illustrations of birds to the enormous Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum (CBBM).

Smit moved to South Africa in 1903 and became a Wesleyan minister. When he retired in 1932 he resumed his painting activities until his death in 1960, aged 96.

Smit married Gertrude Burge in Evesham, Worcestershire in the spring of 1894. They had one son, Bernard, who was born in 1897 in Hampstead, London. He died in 1960 at age 97.

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Harvest Mouse

Harvest Mouse (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Zebra

Zebra (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Wild Duck

Wild Duck (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
White-nosed Coati

White-nosed Coati (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Weaver Birds

Weaver Birds (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Wall Lizards

Wall Lizards (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
The two-toed Sloth

The two-toed Sloth (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
The Black Iguana

The Black Iguana (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Soft river tortoises

Soft river tortoises (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Night-Heron and Boatbill

Night-Heron and Boatbill (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Leopard Seal

Leopard Seal (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Indian Rhinoceros

Indian Rhinoceros (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Hoopoes

Hoopoes (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Hooker’s Sea Lion

Hooker’s Sea Lion (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
A Salmon Leap

A Salmon Leap (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Gurnards

Gurnards (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
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Glossy Starlings

Glossy Starlings (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
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Globe fish and Coffer fish

Globe fish and Coffer fish (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
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Flat fish

Flat fish (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Dipper, Pied Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail

Dipper, Pied Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Chimaera

Chimaera (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Chameleons

Chameleons (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
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Buntings

Buntings (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Blue Shark

Blue Shark (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Bharal

Bharal (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
Bat-snake and cobras

Bat-snake and cobras (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
African Fennecs

African Fennecs (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals
African Elephant

African Elephant (1893-1896)

Pierre Jacques Smit (Dutch, 1863-1960)
Animals

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