Artist: Robert Delaunay (1885 - 1941)
Nationality: French
Movement: Orphism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Although trained in fine arts in Paris, Delaunay worked in set design before beginning his painting career in 1905. He found his initial influences in the Neo-Impressionists, but gradually moved on to join Der Blaue Reiter in 1911. His Paris cityscapes began to take on a distinctive style that studied the effect of contrasting color patterning. Delaunay’s unique method spurred friend and poet, Guillaume Apollinaire, to place his paintings in a new movement, which he called Orphism. Later in his career, Delaunay reverted back to theatre design, often collaborating with his wife, Sonia. Delaunay’s original approach to color and arrangement of forms encouraged the development of abstract art in the 1920’s.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Robert Delaunay Vignette engraving 18th - 19th century
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Robert Delaunay Le Malheur Imprevu Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Robert Delaunay Elle n'avait pas achevÈ, le vase Ètait sur ses lËvres engraving 18th - 19th century
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Robert Delaunay Elle reconnait....elle jette un cri: sa tete retombe a l'instant engraving 18th - 19th century
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Robert Delaunay C'est lui c'est Eliezer, Rachel revoit fon premier Èpoux engraving 18th - 19th century
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Robert Delaunay J'aurais long-temos ÈcoutÈ, si la jeune femme, en m'appercevant engraving 18th - 19th century
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Robert Delaunay Saint Severin Lithograph in black and yellow 1909
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Robert Delaunay - Windows 1912 encaustic on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Robert Delaunay - Mme. Mandel 1923 oil on canvas University of California, Berkeley Art Museum French
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N.J.B. Choconain-Delaunay Patch box and cover vari-colored gold 1782
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Robert Delaunay - Champs de Mars: The Red Tower 1911/1923 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Robert Delaunay - Simultaneous Contrasts: Sun and Moon 1913 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Robert Delaunay - The Three Windows, the Tower and the Wheel 1912 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Artist: Jules Elie Delaunay Title: The Angel of Death; Peste a Roma Date: about 1869
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Nicolas Delaunay Le Billet Doux Line engraving 18th century
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Nicolas Delaunay The March of Silenus engraving 18th century
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Nicolas Delaunay Qu'en dit l'Abbe? Line engraving 18th century
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Unidentified artist Les evangiles des dimanches et fÍtes de l*annÈe prepared by M. l'AbbÈ Delaunay (Paris: L. Curmer, 1864), vol. 2 (of 3) book with chromolithographs 1864
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Unidentified artist Les evangiles des dimanches et fÍtes de l*annÈe prepared by M. l'AbbÈ Delaunay (Paris: L. Curmer, 1864), vol. 1 (of 3) book with color lithographs 1864
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Unidentified artist Les evangiles des dimanches et fÍtes de l*annÈe prepared by M. l'AbbÈ Delaunay(Paris: L. Curmer, 1864), vol. 3 (of 3) book with engravings and reproductive (photographic?) plates 1864
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L. Curmer illuminated text [Matthew 22: 15-21] on p. 295 in the book Les evangiles des dimanches et fÍtes de l*annÈe prepared by M. l'AbbÈ Delaunay(Paris: L. Curmer, 1864), vol. 2 (of 3) color lithograph 1864
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Jules Elie Delaunay - The Plague in Rome 1869 oil on wood panel Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Clement Pierre Marillier Chere Sidney! Se peut-il que vous m'aimiez encore? engraving 18th - 19th century
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Nicolas Delaunay Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette (The Happy Accidents of a Child*s Swing), after the painting by Jean HonorÈ Fagonard of 1767, now in the Wallace Collection, London Engraving circa 1767
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N.J.B. Choconain-Delaunay Thimble vari-colored gold 19th century
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N.J.B. Choconain-Delaunay Folding corkscrew in case gold and steel 1800 - 1850
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N.J.B. Choconain-Delaunay Perfume bottle and stopper vari-colored gold set with rubies and diamonds circa 18th century
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Dupreel Napoleanic War Series I: Assasination of Plenipotentiar 18th - 19th century
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Dupreel Napoleanic War Series I: Journees de 18 et 19 Brumaire an VII 18th - 19th century
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Clement Pierre Marillier Epouse d'Habib!..aprochez vous... Yamura! engraving 18th - 19th century
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Dupreel Napoleanic War Series I: Combat et Victoile d*Aboukir, en Egypte 18th - 19th century
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Robert Henri - Portrait of Mrs. Robert C. Watts 1926 oil on canvas The Maier Museum of Art American
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Dupreel Napoleanic War Series I: Mort du General Joubert, a la Bataille de Novi 18th - 19th century
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Dupreel Napoleanic War Series I: Evacuation de la Hollande par les Anglo-Russes, et Capituationd Duc d*Yorck 18th - 19th century
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Robert Hennel Egg Cruet Silver, sterling 1852
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Robert Batty The Rostrappe, plate 12 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Gottingen, plate 30 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Wernigerode, plate 17 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Trendelburg, plate 46 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Karlshafen, plate 13 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Quedlinburg, plate 23 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Hohnstein, plate 3 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Kˆnigstein, plate 4 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Dresden, plate 35 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Buckeburg, plate 18 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Hameln, plate 29 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Exchange, Copenhagen, plate 53 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Hoxter, on the Weser, plate 52 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Port, Hamburgh, plate 42 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Blaukenburg Hartz, plate 60 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty St. Andrew's, Brunswick, plate 11 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Ilsenburg, Hartz, plate 50 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty View from the Pastey, plate 19 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty St. Nicholas, Hamburgh, plate 20 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Castle of Falkenstein, plate 7 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Dom Kirche, Lubeck, plate 21 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) book with 61 steel engravings and uncounted wood engravings 1829
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Robert f. Blum - Studio of Robert F. Blum 1883-84 pastel Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Robert Cooper Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 18th - 19th century
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Robert Batty Church of St. Catherine, Brunswick, plate 57 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Palace of the Christiansborg, Copenhagen, plate 38 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Weser, between Herstelle & Karlhafu, plate 40 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Village of Oker Hartz, plate 56 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Palace of Fredericksborg_Entrance Side, plate 55 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Pirna and the Castle of Sonnenstein, plate 45 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Ferdinandstein, in Rathewalde Grund, plate 2 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Palace of Gredericksborg, Denmark, plate 49 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Kaeblinger Strasse, Hanover, plate 6 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Stadt Haus, Bremen, plate 33 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Entrance to the Liebethaler Grund, plate 8 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Bridge near the Werra, at Munden, plate 9 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Town Hall, Copenhagen, plate 59 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Karlshafen, from the Cassel Road, plate 51 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Gammel Torv, Copenhagen, plate 54 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Fiefe Grund, Saxony, plate 15 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Stadt Haus, Wernigerode, plate 27 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Castle of the Hardenberg near Gˆttingen, plate 25 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Stadt Haus, Lubeck, plate 28 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Rocks near the Bastey, Saxony, plate 47 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Place and Bridge at Munden, plate 36 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Katolische Kirche, Dresden, plate 5 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The New Market Place, Hamburgh, plate 32 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Chateau of the Prince of Waldeck, plate 24 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Oker Thal Harz, plate 22 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Lochmueln, in Licbethaler Grund, plate 1 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Bridge over the Weser, Bremen, plate 48 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Artist: David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson Title: The Reverend Robert Young Date: about 1845
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Robert Batty St. Mary's and St. Peter's Church, Lubeck, plate 44 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Junction of the Rivers Fulda and Werra, plate 26 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Watch Tower, formerly St. Nicholas's, Copenhagen, plate 41 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Neustadter Markt & Kirche, Hanover, plate 14 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Bridge over the Weser, at Nienburg, Hanover, plate 10 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Bridge at the Entrance to the Oker Thal, plate 16 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Banks of the Elbe at Baden, Saxony, plate 37 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty The Porta Westfalica Looking down the Weser toward Minden, plate 58 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Watson Interior oil on canvas 1954
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Paul Ponce Antoine Robert ( Robert de Seri) Femme Vue en Buste Etching and engraving 1723
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Paul Ponce Antoine Robert ( Robert de Seri) Lot and his Daughters Etching 17th - 18th century
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Robert Batty Palace Church and Gammel's Strand, Copenhagen, plate 43 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829
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Robert Batty Leibnitz's House in the Schmiede Strasse, Hanover, plate 39 in the book Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery after drawings by Lieut. Col. [Robert] Batty (London: Robert Jennings, 1829) steel engraving 1829

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