Charles Smith

Charles Smith. Stationer, map and globe-seller, at 172, Strand, London from about 1800. Between 1827 and 1852 the business was carried on by Charles Smith & Son, and from 1853, by William Smith. A large number of well engraved maps and several fine atlases were published, including an Actual Survey of the Roads from London to Brighthelmstone, 1800 ; New English Atlas of which several editions were issued from 1804 to about 1846 ; New Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in six sheets, 1806-11 ; New General Atlas, 1808 and 1826 ; Classical Atlas, 1809 ; New Map of the Navigable Canals and Rivers of England and Wales, 1818 ; New and Accurate Map of the Lakes of Cumberland, etc. 1814 and 1821 ; New Pocket Companion of the Roads of England and Wales, 1826, and a fine plan of the City of Bristol, 1839. Charles Smith's maps are very distinctive, characterised by their lucid, fine engraving and vibrant colour washes making them both attractive and informative.