William Raymond Smith (fl.1818-1848), Engraver. His first work with Turner consisted of a single plate for Hakewill's Tour in Italy, and he had engraved 23 plates after Turner by the time of the artist's death in 1851, including three for Rogers's Italy.
Smith's name is included in a list of engravers whom Ruskin considered to be 'first rate' (Works, 2.xlii), and an example of his engraving of tree boughs is specifically praised as 'peculiarly expressive of the aerial relations and play of light among complex boughs' (Works, 3.587). However, Smith's engraving of Stanfield 's picture Innsbruck was severely criticised by Ruskin for its 'want of size and dignity in Alpine masses, and want of intelligence in the drawing of the snow', faults which were not to be found in Stanfield's original work ( Works, 3.445). (For further biographical information see Hunnisett, An Illustrated Dictionary of British Steel Engravers, p. 87.)