British diplomat and art collector (c. 1682–1770)

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The finding of Moses. Colour woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1741, after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and an angel. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. Etching after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

People going about their business on a shore in the Venetian countryside. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after M. Ricci.

A young man chucks a young woman on the cheek. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

Dactyliotheca Smithiana / Volumen primum, gemmarum ectypa et Antonii Francisci Gorii narrationes complectens. (Historiam glyptographicam auctore Antonio Francisco Gorio exhibens).

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Smith, Joseph, 1674-1770

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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

A young man chucks a young woman on the cheek. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

Dactyliotheca Smithiana / Volumen primum, gemmarum ectypa et Antonii Francisci Gorii narrationes complectens. (Historiam glyptographicam auctore Antonio Francisco Gorio exhibens).