Frankau, Julia; Smith, John Raphael [Ill.]: An eighteenth century artist and engraver: John Raphael Smith; his life and works (London: Macmillan, 1902)

X JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH
But I have spared, for my part, neither time nor labour,
and, if I await the verdict on the result with something like
confidence, it is the good nature of my previous critics
that inspires this, and not any overweening consciousness
of my own deserts.