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Robert Smirke

Also known as: Robert Smirke; primary name: Smirke, Robert
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1752-1845
Biography: Robert Smirke, RA. Painter and prolific book-illustrator. Father of the architect. Much of his work was in book illustration. His most important series were: 'Don Quixote', 74 plates, Cadell & Davies 1817. The BM has two sets of proofs before and with letter, which are now kept together in a portfolio 166.d.13 (1858,0417.64 to 211). There are many further proofs of different kinds from the Slade bequest (1868,0822.4236 to 4310). These are placed in the printmaker series under the names of their engravers. A large collection of 268 of his drawings for his printed illustrations is in an album (D5341) in the National Gallery of Scotland.

1,172 related objects

banknote; proof

Museum number: CIB.5923 |
Producer name: Made by:Perkins & HeathMade by:William Finden |
Authority: BIOG116116 Issuer:Swansea Old Bank |
Production date: 1809-1836 |
Production place: Issued in:Swansea

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1938,0103.14.1-36 |
Producer name: Published by:Robert PollardAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1859,0514.179-202 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePublished by:Rodwell & Martin |
Production date: 1821-1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1878,0713.1793 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas StothardFormerly attributed to:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.480 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William SharpAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1764-1824

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0810.96 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.479 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William SharpAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1764-1824

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0209.162 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0810.95 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1972,0830.1 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1872,0608.531 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Robert SmirkeFormerly attributed to:John Thurston |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1951,1219.5 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1996,0607.1 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1785-1788

drawing

Museum number: 1878,0713.1792 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.439 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas StothardFormerly attributed to:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.437 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas StothardFormerly attributed to:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.499 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0209.162.+ |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1792-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.498 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1752-1845

drawing

Museum number: 1988,0514.57 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1821

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1878,0713.1791 |
Producer name: BIOG46490 Drawn by:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1792-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.475 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William SharpAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1764-1824

drawing; print study

Title: Dead Fawn |
Museum number: 1926,0331.414 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward James PortburyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1828

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.440 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas StothardFormerly attributed to:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.438 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas StothardFormerly attributed to:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1755-1834

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1941,1217.1.1-94 |
Producer name: Published by:Charles TaylorPrint made by:William Nutter |
Production date: 1791-1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4804-4827 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvestre BaptisteAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.389 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkeBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.1299 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:Mary Smirke |
Production date: 1800-1850

print

Title: As You Like It Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1922,0428.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Satchwell LeneyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1922,0428.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter SimonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1790s

print

Title: Treachery of Elfrida |
Museum number: 1978,U.2011 |
Producer name: Print made by:George C FindenAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1840

print

Title: Henry VIII and Catherine Parr |
Museum number: 1978,U.2039 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1830

print; book-illustration

Title: Tempest |
Museum number: 1915,0218.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel DavenportAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1821

print; book-illustration

Title: Midsummer Nights Dream, Act I. Sc. 2 |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5647 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard James LaneAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4260 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0210.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GoldingAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4452 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1808-1813

print

Title: Measure for Measure; Act 2, Scene 4 Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3423 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WilsonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Title: Twelfth Night. / Act 3. Sc. 4. |
Museum number: 1915,0218.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitchellAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.445 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Pye JnrAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print

Title: Measure for Measure; Act 2, Scene 4 Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1887,0613.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WilsonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0312.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles RollsAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0210.434 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GoldingAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: Funeral of the late John Opie Esq RA |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3041 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1807

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5653 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1867,0309.1457 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1804-1830

print; book-illustration

Title: King Lear, Act I, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3526 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: The Marys at the Sepulchre Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1843,0513.383 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1791

print; book-illustration

Title: Don Raphael in the chamber of Farrukhnaz |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3343 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Measure for Measure, Act IV, Scene II Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: J,29.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WilsonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0210.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GoldingAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4277 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitanAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.417 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward James PortburyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Title: Count Galliano and the sick monkey |
Museum number: 1858,0417.226 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Satire condemning Truth |
Museum number: 1868,0612.874 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry SimmonsAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1837

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Pedagogue |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3039 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1830

print; book-illustration

Title: Measure for Measure. / Act 5. Sc. 1. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5639 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitchellAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3792 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1847,0204.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1808-1813

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3657 |
Producer name: Print made by:William MiltonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1780-1790

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1868,0822.1219 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward James PortburyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0210.444 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GoldingAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Camaralzaman and Badoura. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3726 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4451 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1808-1813

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1847,0204.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: King Henry the Fourth, Part I. / Act 4. Sc. 2. |
Museum number: 1915,0218.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1014.179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Title: The picture of the fatal marriage describ'd |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3338 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NeagleAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1847,0204.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Secret |
Museum number: 1891,0112.70 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:James Mitchell |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward James PortburyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1821

print; book-illustration

Title: Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1853,1210.365 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3692 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: Preservation |
Museum number: 1854,1020.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert PollardAfter:Robert Dodd |
Production date: 1783

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3782 |
Producer name: Print made by:Augustus FoxAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.339 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817-1830

print; book-illustration

Title: Midsummer Nights Dream, Act I. Sc. 2 |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5646 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard James LaneAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3043 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5391 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitanAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1791-1814

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GoldingAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Don Quixote's Combat with the Giant Malumbruno |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4262 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel NobleAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1806

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4466 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1808-1813

print; book-illustration

Title: Prince Firouz on the flying horse |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3733 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3785 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RansonAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Title: The Knight of the Boiling Lake |
Museum number: T,6.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Title: Aurora discovering herself to Don Lewis |
Museum number: 1865,1014.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RomneyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Title: The Victory of Poictiers |
Museum number: G,6.46 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:Thomas Milton |
Production date: 1800-1811

print; book-illustration

Title: Doctor Sangrado consulted by the licenciate Sedillo |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3770 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RomneyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1806-1813

print; book-illustration

Title: Mazin's amorous treachery |
Museum number: 1847,0204.25 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:Abraham Raimbach |
Production date: 1810

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Scandal |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3035 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitchellAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,0424.258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GoldingAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1810

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1847,0204.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1806

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5643.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward James PortburyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1821-1825

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5623 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Title: The Murder of Lucinda |
Museum number: 1871,0610.652 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:Anker Smith |
Production date: 1806

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1858,0417.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1800-1843

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