William Smith Jewett (1821–1873) was an American painter.

Jewett was born in South Dover, New York.[1] He studied painting at the New York Academy of Design, where he became an associate in 1845.[2] He sold many paintings through the American Art-Union, and he exhibited his artwork at the Academy of Design in 1841–1851.[2] Jewett moved to San Francisco, California in 1851, where he joined the Society of California Pioneers and he did many portraits of pioneers like him, including John Sutter.[2] Jewett died in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1] His son, William Dunbar Jewett, became a sculptor.[2]

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[es] William S. Jewett