Lizzie Caswall Smith

Lizzie Caswall Smith (1870-1958) was an early 20th century British photographer who specialised in society and celebrity studio portraits, often used for postcards. She was associated with the Women's Suffrage movement and photographed many suffragettes including Flora Drummond, Millicent Fawcett and Christabel Pankhurst . [cite book | last = Crawford | first = Elizabeth | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 | publisher = Routledge | date = 2001 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0415239265 ] She also photographed actors including Camille Clifford, [ [http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Camille_Clifford Camille Clifford - Culture ] ] Billie Burke and Maude Fealy.

Caswall Smith operated the Gainsborough Studio at 309 Oxford Street from 1907 until 1920 when she moved to 90 Great Russell Street where she stayed until her retirement in 1930 aged 60. She exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society in 1902 and 1913 and her bromide copies of photographs of Peter Llewelyn Davies and J. M. Barrie are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp60354&page=2&role=art Lizzie Caswall Smith (1870-1958) ] ]

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* [http://www.maudefealy.vispa.com/mflcs.html Gallery of Lizzie Caswall Smiths photographs of Maude Fealy]