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Commander Robert James Elliott

Header: Commander Robert James Elliott
Also known as: Commander Robert James Elliott; primary name: Elliott, Robert James; other name: Elliot, Robert James
Details: individual; military/naval; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1790-1849
Biography: Naval officer and topographical draughtsman who served in the East Indies c. 1808-1814, and who made a series of topographical sketches while travelling through South America, Australia, the Pacific Islands, India, Canton (Guangzhou), and the Red Sea. See
Bibliography: Elliot, Robert. Views in the East, comprising India, Canton, and the Red Sea. With historical and descriptive illustrations. London: Fisher & Co., 1833. Annette Peach, ‘Elliot, Robert James (1790–1849)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Title: Mah Chung Keow, Canton |
Museum number: 1919,0415.780 |
Producer name: After:Samuel AustinIntermediary draughtsman:Commander Robert James Elliott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Skeleton Group in the Rameswur, Caves of Ellora |
Museum number: 1948,0120.41 |
Producer name: After:George CattermoleAfter:Commander Robert James Elliott |
Production date: 1830

Title: Palace of the Seven Stories. - Beejapore |
Museum number: 1953,0619.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenIntermediary draughtsman:William Purser |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Entrance to the Cave of Elephanta |
Museum number: 1982,U.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:G H KernotIntermediary draughtsman:William Purser |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Shuhur, - Jeypore |
Museum number: 1953,0619.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Percy HeathIntermediary draughtsman:William Purser |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)