Robert Smirke

(1753-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845 NRA: Smirke Robert (1752-1845) Painter DNB: Smirke, Robert (1753–1845), painter and illustrator LBT ID: RoSmirk1845 VIAF ID: 62728924 LOC ID: n85305874	B/BAP: 1753-04-15 DIED: 1845-01-05
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in Cumberland, he was a painter and illustrator who did work for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.
REFERENCES TO Robert Smirke: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 15 November 1807 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIII. 1807 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter X Found 1: ¶ 17