John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith
John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith belongs to the tradition of British pen-and-ink draughtsmen whose brush-and-wash studies captured the characters and street life of the early nineteenth century. His drawing of Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70, places him in close orbit with the caricature and satirical portraiture of his day. The archive holds a single sheet by his hand, executed in pen and ink with brush and wash, dated 1824. Where the sheets carry later printings, the impressions should be understood as extending up to that year rather than as fresh compositions.
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