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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: 1896,1021.46 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1820-1860

print; title-page

Title: Dove's English Classics |
Museum number: 1875,0410.352 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1818-1835

print; title-page

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

print; title-page

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

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.1469 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1827-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5433 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1823-1831

print

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

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

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; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0410.333 |
Producer name: After:Sir David WilkiePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: The Siege of Bazinge House |
Museum number: 1896,1021.50 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1820-1850

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

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

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

Title: Bambridge, Warden of the Fleet Prison |
Museum number: 1896,1021.80 |
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: Venetian Girl |
Museum number: 1896,1021.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Wood |
Production date: 1836

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: J. Tayleure |
Museum number: 1875,0410.348 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Hargreaves |
Production date: 1790-1817

print

Museum number: 1840,0627.88 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1813-1840

print

Title: Sir John Gell, 1st Bt |
Museum number: 1896,1021.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1821

print

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

print

Title: J. Tayleure |
Museum number: K,65.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Hargreaves |
Production date: 1790-1817

print

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

print

Museum number: 1863,0411.305 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Title: The Slide |
Museum number: 1875,0410.322 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1849-1855

print; book-illustration

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

print

Title: M. Christopher Miller. |
Museum number: 1982,U.1559 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: George Daniell |
Museum number: 1896,1021.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:T Wageman |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.97 |
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

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

print

Title: Richard Graves |
Museum number: 1896,1021.118 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

Title: Highland Whisky Still |
Museum number: 1875,0410.274 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Edwin Landseer |
Production date: 1842

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.76 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

print

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

print

Title: Sir Arthur Hesilrige Bart |
Museum number: 1875,0410.438 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1824

print

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

print

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

print

Title: Paolo and Francesca Da Rimini |
Museum number: 1874,0110.358 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joseph Noel Paton |
Production date: 1866

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

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: James Naylor. |
Museum number: 1868,0612.1115 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Francis Place |
Production date: 1823

print; book-illustration

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

print

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

print

Title: John Bigg, the Dinton Hermit |
Museum number: 1896,1021.84 |
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

Museum number: 1896,1021.28 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves |
Production date: 1813

print

Title: Jacques Saurin |
Museum number: 1896,1021.125 |
Producer name: BIOG29662 Print made by:Robert Graves

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

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

Museum number: 1896,1021.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:John Sanders |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Mr Henry Burgum |
Museum number: 1943,0410.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Beach |
Production date: 1820-1850

print

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

print

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

print

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

print

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

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: 1875,0410.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Stephen Poyntz Denning

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

print

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

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

Museum number: 1875,0410.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1868

print

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

print

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

print; book-illustration

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