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Smith, Anker, 1759-1819

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  • The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.
  • Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Line engraving by Anker Smith after J. Verkolje, 1695.
  • Head of the Apollo Belvedere statue in the Vatican. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Joshua Webster. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1801, after Maria Ross.
  • Eleanor doing penance for witchcraft. Engraving by A. Smith, 1811, after R. Smirke.
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Catalogue

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    Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. | Date: May 1809 | Reference: 646157i
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    The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: 20 October 1810 | Reference: 10069i
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    Juno (?) holding thunderbolts over a stormy sea presides over a monument adorned with eight portraits of English seamen in roundels. Engraving by A. Smith and J. Newton, 1795, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: April 10 1795 | Reference: 2870658i
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    A baptism in an Anglican church. Etching by A. Smith.

    | Reference: 30029i
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    Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Line engraving by Anker Smith after J. Verkolje, 1695.

    Verkolje, Johannes, 1650-1693. | Reference: 5493i
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