William Augustus Smith was a framemaker in London and traded under this name from 1871 to 1888, he also had a business in Nottingham. He made frames for artists, such as G.F. Watts, Holman Hunt, Lord Leighton, and John Singer Sargent. More information on the company and its history on the National Portrait Gallery website, directory of British picture framemakers 1630-1950 resource.
