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Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Also known as: Johann Heinrich Ramberg; primary name: Ramberg, Johann Heinrich; other name: Ramberg, John Henry
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; German; Male
Life dates: 1763-1840
Biography: Painter, etcher, caricaturist and draughtsman. Born Hanover 1763, died Hanover 1840. 1781-88 London at the Royal Academy (supported by George III) and student of Benjamin West (q.v.); his most ambitious project was a design for the curtain of the opera house in Hanover. Illustrated many books. The most important collection of his drawings is kept in the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hanover.
Bibliography: J.C.C.Hoffmeister, 'JHR in seinem Werken', Hannover 1877 (Cj.4.18) Hahn, Franziska:' Johann Heinrich Ramberg als Karikaturist und Satiriker', Frankfurt, 1961 (P.5.33) George (BM Sat) Adelheidis von Rohr: 'Johann Heinrich Ramberg; Maler für König und Volk', Hanover, 1998 (Cj.4.8) Thieme-Becker; Vol. 27; Leipzig 1933.

427 related objects

album; print

Museum number: 1894,1124.26.1-395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPrint made by:Abraham Wolfgang Küffner

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1870,0813.335-354 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

drawing

Museum number: K,59.216 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1780-1790

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.13 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.25 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.45 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1905,0414.39 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1780-1790

drawing

Museum number: K,66.52 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.28 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1936,0918.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1787

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.41 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: K,66.54 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing; print study

Museum number: K,64.167 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.39 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1990,0127.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.38 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.30 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1937,1006.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.11 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.33 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.14 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.8 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.34 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.16 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.24 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1788

drawing

Museum number: K,62.39 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1863,0214.761 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0101.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward Francis BurneyFormerly attributed to:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0101.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward Francis BurneyFormerly attributed to:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.18 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.12 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.36 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.27 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.17 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.21 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1788

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.9 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.43 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: K,59.25 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.35 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.26 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.10 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: K,60.200 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: K,57.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.29 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.32 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: K,58.67 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.22 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.23 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.37 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.15 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.42 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: K,61.142 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.44 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.40 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.7 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.20 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1781-1794

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.31 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.19 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.5 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0101.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward Francis BurneyFormerly attributed to:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1989,1104.409.1 |
Producer name: Published by:Friedrich WilmansAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

portfolio; print

Museum number: 1863,0411.209-263 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Print made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; satirical print

Title: Armuth und Gelehrsamkeit |
Museum number: 1877,0512.57 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Christian Friedrich Stölzel |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Title: Die Moselschaar |
Museum number: 1877,0512.122 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1790-1840

print

Title: Johann Friedrich Jünger Kais. Königl. Hoftheater-Dichter |
Museum number: 1920,0512.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:A O LalléeAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1795

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.69 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1780-1838 |
Production place: Published in:Bremen (town)

print

Museum number: 2015,7056.2.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Sebastian MüllerAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1783-1792

print; satirical print

Title: Die Neugeschaffenen |
Museum number: 1877,0512.55 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Christian Friedrich Stölzel |
Production date: 1802

print; satirical print

Title: Die glückliche Ehe nach der Mode |
Museum number: 1877,0512.54 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Christian Friedrich Stölzel |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Title: Der blinde Geigenspieler |
Museum number: 1877,0512.138 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1790-1840

print; book-illustration

Title: Die Moselschar |
Museum number: 1877,0512.136 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Friedrich Fleischmann |
Production date: 1800-1834

print; book-illustration

Title: Das Militair |
Museum number: 1877,0512.132 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Thomas Cheesman |
Production date: 1790-1835

print; book-illustration

Title: Mutterempfindung |
Museum number: 1877,0512.130 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Amadeus Wenzel Böhm |
Production date: 1790-1823

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1738 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1734 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1723 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1731 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1729 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1737 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print

Title: The Sailor's Farewell |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2340 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HudsonAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1730 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print

Title: Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia |
Museum number: 1934,0217.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.7416 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1922,0428.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Ryder IAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Soldiers Return |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2697 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PetherAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Christ's Resurrection |
Museum number: 1876,0510.806 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Private Amusement Reflection |
Museum number: 1867,1214.311 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:William Ward |
Production date: 1781-1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Harriot Goodchild |
Museum number: 1872,1109.466 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPublished by:Laurie & Whittle |
Production date: 1787-1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Christ's Agony in the Garden |
Museum number: 1876,0510.805 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Jungfrau von Orleans IVr Aufz. IIr Auft. |
Museum number: 1877,0512.120 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; frontispiece

Title: Miss Farren in the character of Hermia Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5481 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Newnham |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Amor d'infanzia! |
Museum number: 1872,0413.338 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Jean Marie Delattre |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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