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Sir Robert Ker Porter

Sir Robert Ker Porter

1777

WA-00046292

Durham, UK

Drawing

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

10

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

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3 cross-verified · 4 single-source

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Source Registry (1)

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

Figure of an Oriental

Figure of an Oriental

1806 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 258 x 181 mm

Charge

1803 · pen-and-tusche lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Charge, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Charge, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

1803 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper

Image/primary support: 22.2 × 32.1 cm (8 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 37.5 × 49 cm (14 13/16 × 19 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Oriental Girl at a Spring

An Oriental Girl at a Spring

1800 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 214 x 162 mm

An Ancient Castle

An Ancient Castle

1799 · Watercolour and graphite on paper

support: 209 x 296 mm

Fighting Knights Before Castle

Fighting Knights Before Castle

1795 · Pen and orange-red ink, with brush and gray wash, graphite, and traces of red chalk, on cream wove paper, squared in graphite

20.7 × 24 cm (8 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rocks at Matlock

Rocks at Matlock

Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 238 x 240 mm

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 7 catalogued · 7 with image

Tate
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Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Nga
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

An Ancient Castle
1799 · Tate · 1 prov
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An Oriental Girl at a Spring
1800 · Tate · 1 prov
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Rocks at Matlock
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Figure of an Oriental
1806 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Standing Nude Woman (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Nude Woman (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

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