The Property of a Connoisseur, London JOHN 'WARWICK' SMITH (BRITISH 1749–1831) Italianate landscape with figures and cattle, 1785 Signed J Smith and dated 1785 (lower left) Watercolour 21 x 35cm (8 1/4 x 13 3/4in) Smith went to Italy in 1780 with Francis Towne. He became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society in 1806, later becoming both treasurer and secretary.