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Sir Robert Strange

Also known as: Sir Robert Strange; primary name: Strange, Robert
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1721-1792
Address: The Golden Head, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London (1754-1765) 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields, London (1765-1775) Rue de l'Enfer, Paris (1775-1780) 52 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (1780-1792)
Biography: Engraver. Scottish Jacobite who after a brief time studying law in Edinburgh switched to an apprenticeship with Robert Cooper that was completed in 1742; fled to France after Culloden (his brother-in-law was private secretary to James Francis Edward Stuart and he served in the Prince's lifeguard); 1747-50 in Paris, worked with Le Bas; 1750-60 in London as a publisher and dealer in prints; 1760-5 travelled to Europe (Paris, Rome, Naples); 1765 returned to London where he was made fellow of the newly incorporated Society of Artist, after its financial collapse in 1775 moved to Paris where he spent the next five years (1775-80); in 1780 returned to London where he bought a house in Great Queen St, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Knighted by George III in 1787.
Bibliography: Charles Le Blanc, 'Catalogue de l'oeuvre de RS', Leipzig 1848 Dictionary of National Biography Contemporary collections of his plates at Christ Church (2.4) and the Fitzwilliam (Cc.18)

320 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.107 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Baldassare Franceschini, il Volterrano |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.112 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeFormerly attributed to:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1787

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.104 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1762

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.120 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.108 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1759

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.123 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1736-1792

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.109 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.97 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1775-80

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.98 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.121 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.106 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1762

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.119 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.113 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.103 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1775-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.116 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.118 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.114 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.111 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.99 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1786-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.124 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1736-1792

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.115 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.102 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Bartolomeo Schedoni |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.101 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.100 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1786

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.122 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0112.117 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.105 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Drawn by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1762

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.110 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1762

medal

Museum number: M.6573 |
Producer name: BIOG117317 Designed by:G V Weber |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

print

Title: Entrance to Queen St Chapel House formerly of Sir Robt Strange |
Museum number: 1872,1012.3628 |
Producer name: Print made by:George ScharfAfter:Bartholomew Howlett |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: The Revd Mr William Harper |
Museum number: 1839,0413.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:William de Nune |
Production date: 1745 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1916,1101.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Engraved by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1860-1916 |
Production place: Made in:Cluny Castle (Inverness) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Loch Laggan

print

Title: The Most Reverend Rob.t Leighton D.D. late Arch-Bishop of Glasgow. |
Museum number: 1840,0808.192 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Print made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1758

print

Title: Esther a Suppliant before Ahasuerus |
Museum number: 1840,1212.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1767

print

Title: The Annunciation |
Museum number: U,11.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1787

print

Title: The celebrated Madonna of Correggio, with the Magdalen St Jerom &ca |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: Amor et Spes Britanniae |
Museum number: 1840,1212.25 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Print made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1736-1792

print

Title: Charles Prince of Wales, James Duke of York, and Princess Mary; Children of King Charles the 1st |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1863 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1754-1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: Hh,13.1.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Nicholas Revett |
Production date: 1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Henrietta Maria Magnae Britanniae Regina |
Museum number: S,1.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1784

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.1875 |
Producer name: After:Jacques Philippe Le BasPrint made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1746-1750

print

Title: Abraham giving up the hand maid Hagar |
Museum number: 1840,1212.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1767

print

Title: Parce Somnum rumpere |
Museum number: V,10.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1769-1792

print

Title: Venus and Adonis |
Museum number: 1861,0112.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1779

print

Museum number: X,8.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1791

print

Title: Comitas - Meekness |
Museum number: V,6.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1761-1765

print; book-illustration; catalogue

Museum number: 1907,0727.5.1-89 |
Producer name: Print made by:J Hallett HyattPrinted by:Charles Whittingham |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: Henrietta Maria Magnae Britanniae Regina |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3173 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: Wentworth Earl of Strafford |
Museum number: 1842,1112.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1757

print

Title: Laomedon, King of Troy, detected by Neptune and Apollo |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2468 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1775

print

Title: Miserere mei.. |
Museum number: 1916,1110.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1753

print

Title: Venus Gratiarum artibus exornata. Venus attired by the Graces |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1882 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1759

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1856,0712.1088 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1736-1792

print

Title: The celebrated Madonna of Correggio, with the Magdalen St Jerom &ca |
Museum number: W,8.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: St Cecilia, attended by the Magdalen St Paul, St John, St Augustin &c |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1887 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1771

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1888,0619.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1749

print

Title: Charles I |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1852.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1736-1792

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1845,0507.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Samuel Wale |
Production date: 1736-1792

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0211.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangePublished by:Andrew Millar |
Production date: 1753-1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Charles I and the Duke of Hamilton |
Museum number: S,1.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1782

print

Title: Belisarius |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Justice |
Museum number: V,6.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1765

print

Title: The Judgement of Hercules |
Museum number: U,8.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1840,0808.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Carle Van Loo |
Production date: 1750

print

Museum number: 1949,1008.354 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1791

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1841,0612.35 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Print made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1736-1792

print

Title: Imprimis venerare Deos |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Bartolomeo Schedoni |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0211.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangePublished by:Andrew Millar |
Production date: 1753-1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0211.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangePublished by:Andrew Millar |
Production date: 1753-1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0211.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangePublished by:Andrew Millar |
Production date: 1753-1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; fan

Museum number: 1891,0713.144 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Print made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1745

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1855,0609.1979 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Attributed to:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1804

print

Museum number: 1864,0813.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: Charles 1st King of Great Britain &c |
Museum number: 2006,U.764 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Venus |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1891 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1768

print

Title: Cupid Sleeping |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1883 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: Venus |
Museum number: 1841,0612.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1768

print; book-illustration

Museum number: P,2.255 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1842,1112.17 |
Producer name: BIOG47562 Print made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1736-1792

print

Title: Amoris Primitiae. The Offspring of Love |
Museum number: U,3.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1765-1769

print

Title: Imprimis venerare Deos |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Bartolomeo Schedoni |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: The celebrated Madonna of Correggio, with the Magdalen St Jerom &ca |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1871 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: Charles 1st King of Great Britain &c |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1861 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Cleopatra |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1880 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Le Retour du Marché |
Museum number: 1847,0305.137 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:Sir Robert Strange |
Production date: 1750

print

Title: Cupido |
Museum number: W,8.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Bartolomeo Schedoni |
Production date: 1774

print

Museum number: 1840,1212.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1780-1792

print

Title: Le Retour du Marché |
Museum number: 1842,0806.342 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Philips Wouwerman |
Production date: 1750

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0211.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangePublished by:Andrew Millar |
Production date: 1753-1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: The celebrated Madonna of Correggio, with the Magdalen St Jerom &ca |
Museum number: 1837,0408.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1838,0714.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1786

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0211.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangePublished by:Andrew Millar |
Production date: 1753-1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Cupid Sleeping |
Museum number: 1841,0612.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1766

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1843,0719.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Nicholas Revett |
Production date: 1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Venus and Adonis |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1762-1769

print

Title: Venus Gratiarum artibus exornata. Venus attired by the Graces |
Museum number: U,3.278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: Archibald Pitcairn MD |
Museum number: 1856,0712.1090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Sir John Baptist de Medina |
Production date: 1736-1792

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