
Civita Castellana and Mount Soracte, 1852
1852 · Oil on wove paper
7 3/16 x 11 7/8 in. (18.3 x 30.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Mary Smith Prize (defunct) was a prestigious art prize awarded to women artists by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It recognized the best work by a Philadelphia woman artist at PAFA's annual exhibition — one that showed "the most originality of subject, beauty of design and drawing, and finesse of color and skill of execution". The prize was founded in 1879 by Russell Smith in memory of his deceased daughter, artist Mary Russell Smith. It was awarded from 1879 to 1968.
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