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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.

Date

April 1821

Reference

17924i

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

Date

20 October 1810

Reference

10069i

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

Date

1809

Reference

46691i

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.

Date

April 10 1795

Reference

2870658i

Proposals for engraving by subscription, five prints: being after a part of a collection of pictures presented to the Corporation of the City of London, by Alderman Boydell. Painted in fresco by J. F. Rigaud, by Rob. Smirke, Esq. R. A. Four of them on the Angles, under the Cupola, in the Common-Council Room, in Guildhall. I. Providence. II. Innocence. III. Wisdom. IV. Happiness. Represented by Allegorical Emblems. V. Conjugal Affection, Or Industry and Prudence. Painting ESQ.R.A. For a further explanation of the whole Collection, see the Catalogue of the Pictures at Guildhall, price sixpence; the profit of which will be appropriated to the servants, who will have an extra trouble in waiting upon the company, and keeping the room in order.

Date

1795]

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

Reference

17928i

Christ raising the widow's son. Stipple engraving by J. Godby after R. Smirke, 1808.

Date

2nd February 1808

Reference

34542i

An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

Date

[1795]

Reference

3162264i

Mercury (Hermes) god of trade, standing next to a monument adorned with portraits of six English merchants in roundels. Engraving by T. Milton, 1806, after R. Smirke.

Date

1 Jan.y 1806

Reference

2870657i

A strange looking man on a stage is being cheered on by his audience. Engraving by C. Grignion after R. Smirke.

Date

Feb.18. 1786

Reference

32454i