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Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845

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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.
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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.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: April 1821 | Reference: 17924i
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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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    Lord Nelson's tomb. Line engraving with etching by J. Landseer after R. Smirke, 1809.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: 1809 | Reference: 46691i
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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 man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Reference: 17928i
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