English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature (1753-1845)

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An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.

The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.

A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.

An angel crowns Britannia as a reward for defeating France in the naval battle in the eastern Atlantic on 1 June 1794. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1803, after R. Smirke.

Eleanor doing penance for witchcraft. Engraving by A. Smith, 1811, after R. Smirke.

Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.

Lord Nelson's tomb. Line engraving with etching by J. Landseer after R. Smirke, 1809.

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.

A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.

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Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845

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Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.

The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.

Lord Nelson's tomb. Line engraving with etching by J. Landseer after R. Smirke, 1809.

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.

A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.