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Scarborough Museum and Cliff Bridge, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Engraving by C.J. Smith.

An elaborately decorated skull containing a watch and a chain. Etching.

Bagnigge Wells: the exterior, with heaps of wood and stone in the foreground. Etching by C. J. Smith, 1844.

John Howard: his birthplace in Clapton, Middlesex (top), facsimile of part of a letter written by him, and his residence at Cardington, Bedfordshire (bottom). Etching with engraving by C.J. Smith, 1836.

The residence of Sir Isaac Newton on the corner of Orange Street and St. Martin's Street, London. Engraving by C.J. Smith, 1837.

Top, the house where Isaac Newton was born, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; centre, a letter written by Isaac Newton from Trinity College Cambridge, 20 June 1682; bottom, interior of the observatory in Newton's house on St. Martin's Street, London. Etching by C.J. Smith, 1836.

Historical and literary curiosities : consisting of fac-similes of original documents, scenes of remarkable events and interesting localities, and the birth-places, residences, portraits, and monuments, of eminent literary characters, with a variety of reliques and antiquities connected with the same subjects / selected and engraved by late Charles John Smith, F.S.A.

Autographs of royal, noble, learned, and remarkable personages conspicuous in English history, from the reign of Richard the Second to that of Charles the Second; with some illustrious foreigners; containing many passages from important letters. Engraved under the direction of Charles John Smith. Accompanied by concise biographical memoirs, and interesting extracts from the original documents / by John Gough Nichols.

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Smith, Charles John, 1803-1838

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Scarborough Museum and Cliff Bridge, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Engraving by C.J. Smith.

The residence of Sir Isaac Newton on the corner of Orange Street and St. Martin's Street, London. Engraving by C.J. Smith, 1837.

Bagnigge Wells: the exterior, with heaps of wood and stone in the foreground. Etching by C. J. Smith, 1844.