Artist: Robert Howlett (1831 - 1858)
Nationality: British
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Robert Howlett learned the photographic technique by associating with other amateur practitioners. He began exhibiting his work at London’s Photographic Society in 1856. In the same year, he published a booklet titled “On the Various Methods of Printing Photographic Pictures upon Paper, with Suggestions for Their Preservation.” He also designed and sold portable darkroom tents. Around this time he formed a partnership with Joseph Cundall and the pair established a commercial studio in London. He was commissioned by the London Times to shoot a series of photographs that documented the construction of the largest steamship built in the 19th century, The Great Eastern. He died at the young age of twenty-seven as a result of over-exposure to the chemicals used in the photographic process.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Great Eastern (détail) (1857) by HOWLETT Robert
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Brunel Aboard the Aphrodita, Liverpool, Robert Howlett (United Kingdom, England, 1831 - 1858)  (Artist), circa 1857, Albumen print
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Great Eastern (1857) by HOWLETT Robert
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I. K. Brunel
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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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Robert Hennel Egg Cruet Silver, sterling 1852
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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PORTRAIT DE FEMME (1722) by ROBERT Paul (dit), ROBERT Paul Ponce Antoine ; ROBERT DE SERI (dit)
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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 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 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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Artist: David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson Title: The Reverend Robert Young Date: about 1845
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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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The Technics exhibit examines this question in five different installations. The works include: o Instrument for a Mediated Terrain, an installation in which visitors activate robots to interact in a moss garden by Jennifer Hall and Blyth Haze...

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Robert Howlett
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A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat: HOWLETT, Robert
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Robert Howlett 1974- 1981
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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Robert Howlett (1857)

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