Most Noted For:

• Smith is best known for designing the Rider-Waite-Smith deck of tarot cards for Arthur Edward Waite. 
• She was a theatrical designer for a miniature theatre and an illustrator. 
• Smith joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1903 where she met Waite. 
• She was a talented and intuitive artist. 
• In 1909, Waite commissioned Smith to produce a tarot deck with appeal to the world of art. 
• The unique Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck (Rider being the name of the publisher), has endured as the world's most popular 78-card tarot deck. 
• Smith completed the art for the deck between April and October of 1909. 
• Smith's distinctive designs depict full scenes with figures and symbols on all of the cards including the pips, and have become the basis for the designs of many subsequent decks. 

• Smith wrote and illustrated several books about Jamaican folklore, including Annancy Stories which were about Jamaican tales involving the African folk figure 'Anansi the Spider'. 
• She did a great deal of illustration work for William Butler Yeats. 
• Apart from the tarot deck, her art found little commercial success. 
• Smith received a small inheritance that enabled her to move to Cornwall, an area popular with artists. 
• Today most scholars, in order to recognize Smith’s contribution, refer to the deck as the Waite-Smith Tarot. 
• Pamela Colman-Smith, during her lifetime, did not seek notoriety or fame. She simply wanted to be recognized for her talents as an artist.  
• She died disappointed that her paintings and writings had failed to achieve success. Yet through the years, her Tarot deck has been recognized by countless millions of people. 
• After her death, all of her personal effects, including her paintings and drawings, were sold at auction to satisfy her debts. 

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