Robert Smirke (painter)

Robert Smirke, after a painting by Mary Smirke, painted by Charles Picart, 1814

Robert Smirke RA (15 April 1753 – 5 January 1845) was an English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature. He was a member of the Royal Academy.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Robert Smirke, R.A." The Art Journal. 43: 345–346. 1891.
  2. ^ Fiske, Tina (2004). "Smirke, Robert (1753–1845)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25762. Retrieved 24 March 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)