Smith, William

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1719–1771

Business Type: 
Bookseller
Music publisher
Music seller
Publisher
Address(es): 

The Duchess's Head, opposite the Castle Market, Dame Street, 1719–25
Blind Quay, 1727–32
The Hercules, near the Castle Market, Dame Street, 1727–71

Details: 

Primarily a bookseller and publisher.

He took his nephew John Smith into partnership from 1719 to 1725 (Munter).

He had a long business association with George Ewing and George Risk from c. 1726 to 1756.

In 1756, he took his son William Smith Junior into partnership (Munter).

[Details differ according to sources: Munter gives the dates and addresses as above. Berry gives the Hercules, Dame Street in 1728. Boydell (Calendar) gives The Hercules, near the Castle Market in 1729. Munter, under 'Smith, William', states that the Risk, Ewing & Smith partnership began in 1727 but under 'Ewing, George' and 'Risk, George' he states that it began in 1726.]

See Also: 

Ewing, George
Risk, Ewing & Smith
Risk, George

Source(s): 

Berry, Henry F., 'House and Shop Signs in Dublin in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries', The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, 5th ser., 40.2 (30 June 1910), 81–98 (p. 90)

Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), p. 261

Munter, Robert, A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland: 1550–1775 (New York: Fordham University Press, 1988), p. 254

Boydell, Brian, ‘Smith, W.’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

Last Update: 12-02-2017