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.)

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Catalogue

Year: 1803
Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 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.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Robert Ker Porter

Artist

Robert Ker Porter

Painting

Sir Robert Ker Porter, KCH was a British artist, writer and diplomat. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia, Spain, Portugal and Persia, he was one of the earliest panorama painters in Britain, was appointed historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and served as British consul in Venezuela.

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