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Charles John Smith (1803–1838) was an English engraver.
He executed a few of the later plates in Charles Stothard's ''Monumental Effigies'', the views of houses and monuments in Edmund Cartwright's ''Rape of Bramber'', 1830, and plates from illuminated manuscripts for
''Historical and Literary Curiosities'', at archive.org
;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Charles John 1803 births 1838 deaths 19th-century English engravers Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Life
He was born in 1803 at Chelsea where his father, James Smith, practised as a surgeon. He was a pupil of Charles Pye, and became an engraver of book illustrations of a topographical and antiquarian character. He was elected aFellow of the Society of Antiquaries
The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a registered charity. It is based at Burlington House in Pi ...
in 1837, and died of paralysis in Albany Street, London, on 23 November 1838.
Works
He executed a few of the later plates in Charles Stothard's ''Monumental Effigies'', the views of houses and monuments in Edmund Cartwright's ''Rape of Bramber'', 1830, and plates from illuminated manuscripts for Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (177618 November 1847) was an English bibliographer, born in Calcutta to Thomas Dibdin, the sailor brother of the composer Charles Dibdin.
Dibdin was orphaned at a young age. His father and mother died in 1780 while re ...
's ''Tour in the Northern Counties of England'', 1838. In 1829 Smith published a series of ''Autographs of Royal, Noble, and Illustrious Persons'', with memoirs by John Gough Nichols
John Gough Nichols (1806–1873) was an English painter and antiquary, the third generation in a family publishing business with strong connection to learned antiquarianism.
Early life
The eldest son of John Bowyer Nichols, he was born at his f ...
, and later started another serial work, ''Historical and Literary Curiosities'', which he did not live to complete.
References
*External links
''Historical and Literary Curiosities'', at archive.org
;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Charles John 1803 births 1838 deaths 19th-century English engravers Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London