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A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhabitants of that Parish for ye joyfull returan [sic] of His Ma-tiw from His Conquest in Ireland, Sept. 10, 1690, Bernard Lens II British, Etching and aquatint, hand colored (likely added later) — A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhabitants of that Parish for ye joyfull returan [sic] of His Ma-tiw from His Conquest in Ireland, Sept. 10, 1690
Designer Bernard Lens II
Publisher John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith
Printer Bernard Lens II
1809

Building On a Riverbank, Anonymous, British, late 18th century British, Pen and black ink — Building On a Riverbank
Anonymous, British, late 18th century
Formerly attributed to John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith
Formerly attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer
1760–1800

Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70, John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith British, Pen and ink, brush and wash — Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70
John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith
Sitter Thomas Rowlandson
1824

Two Views of Arundel House and London and the Thames as seen from the roof of Arundel House in 1646, Richard Sayer British, Etching — Two Views of Arundel House and London and the Thames as seen from the roof of Arundel House in 1646
Richard Sayer
After Wenceslaus Hollar
Publisher John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith
1808

Etchings of Remarkable Beggars, Itinerant Traders, and Other Persons of Notoriety in London and Its Environs

Artist and publisher Drawn, etched, and published by John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith

1815

Remarks on Rural Scenery, with twenty etchings of cottages, from nature; and some observations and precepts relative to the picturesque

Etcher Etched and published by John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith

Publisher Nathaniel Smith

1797

South-West View of the Old Horse-Guards

Etcher William M. Fellows

After Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

Publisher John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith

1809

John Cranch

John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith

Publisher William Smith the elder

Sitter John Cranch

1795

Burlington House, Piccadilly, as it appeared about 1720

Etcher Richard Sawyer

After Leonard Knyff

Publisher John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith

1809

Prince Rupert's House, Beech Lane, Barbican

John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith

Publisher John Manson

May 1, 1800

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