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John Adams, of Edmonton; Teacher of the Mathematics, Navigation, &c. Born at Pondersend 1737/8. Aged 56. To his numerous Pupils, both at sea & son land; to his extensive aquaintance, & particular friends, this Portrait is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Serv.t J.T. Smith.
Painted & Engraved by J.T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities of London and Environs.
Pub.d Feb. 1 1795 by N. Smith, Rembrandt's Head, G.t May's Buildings, St Martin's Lane.
Etipple with engraving/ 185 x 138mm (7¼ x 5½"), with large margins. Foxing in borders. Very small hole in title "the".
Half-length portrait of John Adams, seated at a table on which are a telescope and sextant. He was headmaster of Latymer School, Edmonton, and author of 'The Mathematician's Companion'.
[Ref: 60750] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Beggar Reading.]
London Published as the Act directs December 31st 1815 by John Thomas Smith No.4 Chandos Street Covent Garden.
Etching. Plate: 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with very large margins. Foxing.
A portrait of a man walking whilst reading a book. From a series called 'Etchings of Remarkable Beggars' by J. T. Smith.
[Ref: 44653] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
John Cranch*, Born in Kingsbridge in Devonshire, 12th of Oct.r 1751 Aged 44, Fellow of the American Society of Arts & Sciences, Painter of an unique Picture of the Death of Chatterton; & Author of the Oeconomy of Testaments; &c. Engraved from a Picture, which, with the Death of Chatterton, is in the possession of Sir James Winter Lake, Bar.t. F.S.A. *Vide, Langworthy's attempt to promote the Commercial Interests of Great Britain.
Painted and Engraved by J.T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities if London & Environs.
Published by W. Smith. 23 Lisle Street Leicester Square. [n.d., c.1810]
Engraving with stipple, 225 x 180mm.
A portrait of English painter John Cranch (1751-1821) holding a volume of Shakespeare. Originally born in Devon, Cranch travelled to London where he worked as a painter of portraits and historical scenes, contributing works to the Society of Artists. He died in Bath in 1821.
[Ref: 8384] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
View of Naples, From the South-East.
W.M. Craig del. T. Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of Naples from the south.
[Ref: 67136] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Square of St. Petersburgh, with the colossal Statue of Czar Peter I.
W.M. Craig del. T. Smith sculp.
Published by Nuttall, Fisher & Co. Liverpool. Feb.y 1816.
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
The Bronze Horseman, the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was commissioned by Catherine the Great and created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. It took from 1770 to 1782 to create the statue, including pedestal, horse and rider.
[Ref: 67135] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Specimens of Painting from St. Stephen's Chapel.
Drawn & Engraven by J. T. Smith.
London. Published as the Act directs 1st January 1804, by John Thomas Smith No.36, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint with gilt highlights. 240 x 285 (9½ x 11¾").
Section of wall painting showing the adoration of the shepherds, recorded before the enlargement of the House of Commons in 1800; illustration to the 'Antiquities of Westminster'.
[Ref: 63193] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
View of the City of Turin.
W.M. Craig del. T. Smith sculp.
Published by Nuttall, Fisher & Co. Liverpool. Feb.y 1816.
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of Turin, with sheep and goats in the foreground.
[Ref: 67139] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Part of the Principal Canal, and the Grand Church of S.t Mark, at Venice. Drawn (with permission,) expressly for this work, from the beautiful original Picture of Canaletti, in the Collection of a Nobleman.
W.M. Craig del. T. Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 265mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of St Mark's Basilica from the Grand Canal, with a gondolla.
[Ref: 67137] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
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