 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1796, akatangawo zvidzidzo zvake kuRoyal Academy achikunda menduru yesirivha gore iro, zvakare achikunda gore rimwe chetero Silver Palette yeRoyal Society yekukurudzira Arts, Manufactures Commerce. Akapiwa menduru yegoridhe yeRoyal Academy muna 1799 nokuda kwokugadzira kwake National Museum. Pashure pokusiya Soane akavimba naGeorge Dance Muduku uye mumwe muongorori anonzi Thomas Bush nokuda kworovedzo yake yokuvaka. Muna 1801, achiperekedzwa nomukoma wake mukuru Richard akatanga Grand Tour iyo yaizotora kusvika muna 1805. Rwendo rwake runogona kuteverwa nhevedzano yetsamba dzaakanyora: Brussels, Paris kuti ashanyire uko hama dzaifanira kuzvivanza savaAmerica sezvo Britain yakanga iri muhondoneFrance panguva iyoyo, Berlin, Potsdam, Prague, Dresden, Vienna. Akashanyira Italy, kubatanidza, Florence, Venice, Padua, Genoa, Vicenza, Roma, Naples, uye Sicily, ipapo akapfuurira kuGirisi, achiona Korinde, Atene, Delphi, Thebes uye Olympia. Ari muAtene Smirke akanyorera baba vake kuti: 