Helen Donald-Smith

H. Donald-Smith. *Portrait of a Young Boy with Riding Crop against a Wooded Landscape*.

H. Donald-Smith. *Brigadier General F.W. Lumsden VC, DSO*, 1920.

Helen Donald-Smith (before 30 September 1852 – 23 July 1933) was a British artist who worked in oil and watercolour, and was active circa 1890–1925. Her work featured landscapes, particularly of Venice, and portraits, including that of Brigadier General F.W. Lumsden VC, DSO.

Born Helen Mary Smith and baptised at Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland on 30 September 1852, she was the fifth and youngest child of Donald Smith and his wife Mary (nee McKerrell). Both she and her mother adopted the hyphenated surname Donald-Smith later in life when living in London. She died at Kensington on 23 July 1933 never having married.