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Robert Graves

Also known as: Robert Graves; primary name: Graves, Robert; other name: Grave, Robert
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1798-1873
Biography: Line engraver born at London, son of the printseller Robert Graves (d.1825), brother of the publisher Henry Graves. Pupil of John Romney in 1812, ARA in 1836, exhibited 25 plates at the RA from 1837 to 1873. A large collection of his work was given by Algernon Graves in 1896: see 1896,1021.1 to 161. Many of these are annotated as gifts to him from Robert Graves.
Bibliography: DNB R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and their Works', 1979

573 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1980,1011.34 |
Producer name: BIOG51394 Drawn by:Clare Winsten |
Production date: 1950-1980

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0410.565 |
Producer name: BIOG52059 Drawn by:Federico Zuccaro |
Production date: 1542-1609

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0410.564 |
Producer name: BIOG52059 Drawn by:Federico Zuccaro |
Production date: 1542-1609

photographic print

Title: Sir Edwin Landseer and his Engravers |
Museum number: 1919,1205.21-41 |
Producer name: Photographed by:John & Charles WatkinsPhotographed by:Henry Dixon & Son |
Production date: 1855-1863

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1840,0808.159 |
Producer name: After:Sir David WilkiePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1830

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.312 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Tryon |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Robert White |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: George Daniell |
Museum number: 1875,0410.341 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:T Wageman |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.317 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; frontispiece

Title: The Spanish Princess |
Museum number: 1849,0512.764 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1830

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.215 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1829-1840

print

Title: Hugh Duke of Northumberland, K. G. |
Museum number: 1875,0410.314 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Christina Robertson |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: The siege of Bazinge House |
Museum number: 1875,0410.357 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1875,0410.338 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: The Examination of Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1470 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir George Harvey |
Production date: 1833

print; frontispiece

Title: The Spanish Princess |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1830

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.219 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Robert William Buss |
Production date: 1833

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.314 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.307 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,1012.5580 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: François Poilly |
Museum number: 1863,0411.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Jean Louis Roullet

print

Title: The Good Shepherd |
Museum number: 1875,0410.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:William Charles Thomas Dobson |
Production date: 1871

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.127 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1813-1873

print; frontispiece; title-page

Museum number: 1896,1021.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Raphael Morghen |
Production date: 1822

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.299 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.99 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1825-1830

print

Title: Mrs Katharine Henry |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1014 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1818-1873

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.242 |
Producer name: After:Thomas GainsboroughPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Her Grace of Richmond |
Museum number: 1868,0822.2944 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: The Good Shepherd |
Museum number: 1875,0410.229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:William Charles Thomas Dobson |
Production date: 1870

print

Title: The origin of the harp |
Museum number: 1875,0410.289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Daniel Maclise |
Production date: 1862

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Edmund Bristow |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:Uxbridge

print

Title: Mr John Manson |
Museum number: 1875,0410.342 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1812-1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7490 |
Producer name: After:Sir David WilkiePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1830

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.322 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Title: Sir John Kedermister of Langley |
Museum number: 1896,1021.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George Perfect Harding |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: Sheffield Grace Esq.r F.S.A. |
Museum number: 1876,1209.234 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:F J Manskirsch |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Daniel Maclise |
Production date: 1839-1873

print

Title: Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
Museum number: 1896,1021.112 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-illustration

Title: Edmund Sheffield Second Duke of Buckingham and Normanby |
Museum number: 1912,0323.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walker & CockerellPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1903

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.1472 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1829-1840

print

Title: Hugh Latimer |
Museum number: 1896,1021.131 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Title: William Paley |
Museum number: 1896,1021.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George Romney

print

Title: Lord Nelson |
Museum number: 1875,0410.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Lemuel Francis Abbott |
Production date: 1847

print

Title: Isaac Disraeli |
Museum number: 1875,0410.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Stephen Poyntz Denning

print; book-illustration

Title: Percy Grace Esq.r A Captain in the R.N. |
Museum number: 1872,1012.5587 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Henry Louis de Lomenie |
Museum number: 1863,0411.295 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Title: Mrs Lloyd, afterwards Mrs Beckford |
Museum number: 1875,0410.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1867

print; book-illustration

Title: Cornelius Caton |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George Bickham the Elder |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: John Lewis |
Museum number: 1896,1021.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George White

print

Title: John Law of Mississippi Company |
Museum number: 1896,1021.110 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.3010 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Title: Edward Reynolds, Bishop of Norwich |
Museum number: 1868,0328.728 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1785-1825

print

Title: The Princess Victoria Gouramma of Coorg |
Museum number: 1875,0410.336 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Franz Xaver Winterhalter

print

Title: The Good Shepherd |
Museum number: 1875,0410.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1863

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7489 |
Producer name: After:Sir David WilkiePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1830

print; title-page

Museum number: 1868,0822.6775 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Edwin Landseer |
Production date: 1831

print

Title: Highland Whisky Still |
Museum number: 1875,0410.275 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Edwin Landseer |
Production date: 1842

print

Title: Highland Whisky Still |
Museum number: 1875,0410.276 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Edwin Landseer |
Production date: 1842

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1896,1021.29 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1813

print

Title: Isaac Disraeli |
Museum number: 1875,0410.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Stephen Poyntz Denning

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.214 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1829-1840

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:James Holmes |
Production date: 1820-1860

print

Title: Mahomet Caratha, rope-dancer |
Museum number: 1896,1021.81 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-cover

Title: The Triple Goddess |
Museum number: 1978,0121.141 |
Producer name: BIOG21265 Print made by:John Buckland Wright |
Production date: 1949

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.309 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: Her Grace of Richmond |
Museum number: 1840,0627.67 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: The Baron's Charger |
Museum number: 1875,0410.271 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Frederick Herring |
Production date: 1845-60

print

Title: David Hume |
Museum number: 1896,1021.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Allan Ramsay

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1896,1021.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:William Mulready |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: William Robertson |
Museum number: 1896,1021.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1875,0410.272 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Irvine |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar |
Museum number: 1863,0411.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Abraham van Blyenberch

print; title-page

Museum number: 1868,0822.3065 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Frank Stone |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: The Good Shepherd |
Museum number: 1875,0410.226 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:William Charles Thomas Dobson |
Production date: 1870

print

Title: Dr Johnson |
Museum number: 1896,1021.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds

print

Title: Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1896,1021.69 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0410.715 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Willelm de Rijck |
Museum number: 1863,0411.297 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0708.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: early 19thC

print

Title: Mrs Lloyd, afterwards Mrs Beckford |
Museum number: 1875,0410.311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1867

print

Title: First Reading the Bible in the Crypt of Old St Paul's |
Museum number: 1875,0410.257 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir George Harvey |
Production date: 1846

print

Title: Mr. George Brodrick of Whitby |
Museum number: 1896,1021.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:John Jackson |
Production date: 1821

print

Title: Mariana |
Museum number: 1840,0627.87 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1832

print

Museum number: 1876,1209.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George Sharples |
Production date: 1826

print

Title: Sir Arthur Hesilrige Bart |
Museum number: 1875,0410.439 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1824

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1872

print

Title: Venetian Girl |
Museum number: 1875,0410.337 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Wood |
Production date: 1836

print

Museum number: 1865,0114.613 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1820-1860

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.243 |
Producer name: After:Thomas GainsboroughPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1865

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.307 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1868

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.301 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; book-illustration

Title: Sheffield Grace of Knole House, KT: of Hanover, |
Museum number: 1872,1012.5590 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:F J Manskirsch |
Production date: 1839

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.294 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.308 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: Bishop Newton |
Museum number: 1896,1021.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1810-1830s

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.315 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.160 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: William Tunstal |
Museum number: 1896,1021.77 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1819

print

Museum number: 1876,1209.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1829-1840