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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; title-page; frontispiece; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0713.262-299 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardAfter:Martin Droeshout |
Production date: 1822-1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bishop Horne |
Museum number: 1896,1021.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Olive |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1896,1021.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Viscountess Belgrave |
Museum number: 1860,0811.69 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Two Gentlemen of Verona. / Act 5. Sc. 3. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5426 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: La Vièrge au Miroir |
Museum number: 1920,0112.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1864 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Abbotsford Family |
Museum number: 1875,0410.332 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Richard Grace of Boley Esqr MP |
Museum number: 1872,1012.5579 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Ashburnham |
Museum number: 1875,0410.298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Daniel Mijtens I |
Production date: 1838-1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: King Charles receiving the first Pineapple cultivated in England |
Museum number: 1875,0410.356 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Hendrik Danckerts |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Virgin and Child with a Rosary |
Museum number: 1877,0210.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: King Charles receiving the first Pineapple cultivated in England |
Museum number: 1871,1209.1466 |
Producer name: After:Hendrik DanckertsPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Boswell |
Museum number: 1896,1021.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph Wilcocks, S.T.P. |
Museum number: 1896,1021.149 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George Perfect Harding |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Enthusiast |
Museum number: 1853,1210.609 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Theodore Lane |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Princess Amelia |
Museum number: 1875,0410.284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Gérard Edelinck |
Production date: 1818-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.354 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Peveril of the Peak |
Museum number: 1896,1021.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Alexander Fraser |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0715.123 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sketches taken at print sales |
Museum number: 1876,1209.612 |
Producer name: After:Paul SandbyPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Dolben, S.T.P. |
Museum number: 1896,1021.158 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:George Perfect Harding |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1896,1021.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:William Mulready |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:EdinburghPublished in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1896,1021.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Musical Bore |
Museum number: 1875,0410.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Robert William Buss |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: The Spanish Princess |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7492 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Hugh Duke of Northumberland, K. G. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.493 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Christina Robertson |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Abbotsford Family |
Museum number: 1840,0808.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Good Shepherd |
Museum number: 1877,0210.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0410.320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1894,0417.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:James Stephanoff |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Francis Atterbury D.D. |
Museum number: 1896,1021.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir Arthur Hesilrige Bart |
Museum number: 1896,1021.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesPublished by:Colnaghi |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Madonna and Child |
Museum number: 1914,0812.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1827-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Abbotsford Family |
Museum number: 1875,0410.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George, Lord Byron |
Museum number: 1875,0410.328 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:William Westall |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.351 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Portraits from sketches made at rare print sales |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.301 |
Producer name: After:Alexander BeugoPublished by:Alexander Beugo |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: King Charles receiving the first Pineapple cultivated in England |
Museum number: 1875,0410.355 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Hendrik Danckerts |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Dove's English Classics |
Museum number: 1875,0410.351 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesPublished by:John Fowler Dove |
Production date: 1818-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1925,0715.117 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: La Vierge au Rosaire |
Museum number: 1877,0210.255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: George Mountaigne, D.D. |
Museum number: 1896,1021.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:George Yate |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0715.122 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Princess Amelia |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2223 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Morley, (a fortunate butcher) |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Jonathan Richardson Senior |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mathematical abstraction. |
Museum number: 1836,1124.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Theodore Lane |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0410.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart |
Museum number: 1876,1209.509 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Peter Rouw |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; frontispiece

Title: Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart |
Museum number: 1876,1209.508 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Peter Rouw |
Production date: 1823-1873 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Title: Sir Arthur Hesilrige Bart |
Museum number: 1875,0410.440 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1813-1873 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Title: Sheffield Grace Esqr |
Museum number: 1943,0410.817 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Francis Bindon |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Title: The Hon John Evans of Bulgaden Hall |
Museum number: 1943,0410.578 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Title: John Valerius, / (Born without Armns.) |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1349 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: P. Petrus Writus |
Museum number: 1896,1021.120 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1820

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

print

Title: La Vièrge au Miroir |
Museum number: 1875,0410.295 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1864

print

Title: Samuel Bradford, D.D. |
Museum number: 1896,1021.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesIntermediary draughtsman:George Perfect Harding |
Production date: 1822

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.324 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

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

print

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

print

Title: Highland Whisky Still |
Museum number: 1856,0308.261 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Edwin Landseer |
Production date: 1842

print

Title: The Baron's Charger |
Museum number: 1875,0410.270 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Frederick Herring |
Production date: 1845-60

print

Title: Lieut. General Burr |
Museum number: 1873,0712.658 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Smart Junior |
Production date: 1820-1825

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: La Vierge au Miroir |
Museum number: 1877,0210.273 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1864

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1872

print

Title: Cardinal Pole |
Museum number: 1896,1021.132 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

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

print

Museum number: 1920,1211.505 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Daniel Maclise |
Production date: 1839-1873

print

Title: The origin of the harp |
Museum number: 1875,0410.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Daniel Maclise |
Production date: 1862

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,1012.5570 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:P Duggan |
Production date: 1823

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

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

Museum number: 1875,0410.304 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1868

print

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

print

Title: Edward Reynolds, Bishop of Norwich |
Museum number: 1896,1021.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1826

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

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.237 |
Producer name: After:Thomas GainsboroughPrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1869

print

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

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.311 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.319 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1896,1021.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1829

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