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Colonel William Gravatt

Also known as: Colonel William Gravatt; primary name: Gravatt, William
Details: individual; military/naval; scientist/engineer; British; Male
Life dates: 1771-1851
Biography: Royal Engineer. Ship builder, scientific instrument maker, mathematician. He was appointed First Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1793 (served in West Indies in 1796-7 and was present at capture of Trinidad in 1797), Captain-Lieutenant in 1799, Captain 1802 and Colonel 1821; ended military career as Inspector-General at Woolwich. Amateur artist, pupil of Paul Sandby when he was Chief Drawing Master at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (1768-1796). He also collected Sandby's work (such as 1904,0819.114). Gravatt's son also named William was a civil engineer and worked with Brunel.
Bibliography: Saur

21 related objects

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.53 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0819.57 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1867,1214.74 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Drawn by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1790

drawing

Museum number: 1867,1214.77 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Drawn by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1796

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.138 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1774

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0819.28 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.43 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.36 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0819.62 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1768-1796

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.54 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1792

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.119 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.114 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1867,1214.75 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Drawn by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1796

drawing

Museum number: 1867,1214.76 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Drawn by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1796

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0819.33 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0819.55 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1768-1796

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.80 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Print made by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1800-1851

print

Title: Waterhouse Bridge, over the River Calder, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1867,1214.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:H BakerPrinted by:Maguire & Co |
Production date: 1830s

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.79 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Print made by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1800-1851

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.81 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Print made by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1800-1851

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.78 |
Producer name: BIOG29651 Print made by:Colonel William Gravatt |
Production date: 1800-1851