Artist: Robert Macpherson (1811 - 1872)
Nationality: British
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Robert Macpherson began as a painter, journalist, and art dealer before turning to photography in 1851. He opened a commercial studio in Rome and listed himself as the “Artist Photographer” in the studio guide in 1858. He was a member of the Photographic Society of Scotland. In the 1860’s, Macpherson suffered from health and financial problems and died in 1872.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Robert MacPherson Roma #30, Porta Maggiore Albumen print circa 1860
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Campagna near Rome
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Robert MacPherson The Ponte Nomentano over the Anio (Aniene), Rome Albumen print late 19th century
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Robert MacPherson - The Falls Near Terni 1858-60 albumen print on mou Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame British
Museum of Fine Arts -
Robert Macpherson, Scottish, 1811-1872 Roman Architecture and Scuplture 1871 Photographs, forty-two albumen prints in bound
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson Title: The Reverend Robert Young Date: about 1845
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Robert Batty The Bode Thal, Looking towards the Ross Trappe, Harz, plate 31 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 Havell Shane Bwt. 18th - 19th century
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Robert Batty The Great Fountain in the Garden of the Kings Palace Herrnhausen, plate 61 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. Martin's Church, and Part of the Old Stadt House, Brunwick, plate 34 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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James Abbott McNeill Whistler - Robert Barr 1894-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Jacob Eichholtz - Robert Coleman c. 1820 oil on canvas transf National Gallery of Art American
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Samuel Lovett Waldo - Robert G.L. De Peyster 1828 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Jean-Honore Fragonard - Hubert Robert c. 1760 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Thomas Sully - Robert Walsh 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Robert Liston 1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Thomas Lawrence - Mrs. Robert Blencowe c. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Robert Hinshelwood Landscape 19th century
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Antoine Coysevox - Robert de Cotte n.d. bronze The Frick Collection French
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Robert Havell Holyhead Wake 18th - 19th century
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Robert Havell PonCysyllty Aqueduct 18th - 19th century
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Robert Henri Ice Floe oil on canvas 1902
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Paul Ponce Antoine Robert ( Robert de Seri) Sleeping woman found by a satyr Etching 17th - 18th century
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The Old Bridge Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808)Oil on canvas; Diameter 32 3/4 in. (83.2 cm)Gift
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Robert Adam Wall Light ormolu and cut glass circa 1790 - 1800
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Robert Havell Paris Mines in the year 1800. 18th - 19th century
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Robert Havell Mary Thomas The Fasting Woman. 18th - 19th century
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Robert Cruikshank Dandies Having a Treat Color etching 1818
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Robert Louis Stevenson 1895-1926 bronze North Carolina Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Robert "King" Hooper 1767 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Lemuel Francis Abbott - Captain Robert Calder c. 1787-1790 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Robert Havell A View of the Botanic Garden House and Beach 18th - 19th century
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Robert Havell Ships of th 14th and 15th Centuries Etching 18th - 19th century
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"Barna da Siena", Italian (Sienese), active in mid–14th century The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (13)
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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art: Robert MacPherson: Murranji
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: Robert Macpherson: A Comprehensive Survey of Work
The language of roadside signage, fruit and vegetable shops, street hobos and car enthusiasts is expressed in Macpherson's paintings, installations and sculptural works, which are regarded highly by international curato...
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center: Call to Artists: Workshop with Kevin MacPherson
Fee: $1,440 ($1,300 Members) How To Register: Class size is limited and full payment is required at registration to reserve your space in the workshop. Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center will refund tuition, less a $75 withdrawal fee, for a...
Wellington City Gallery: The power and the packaging... 17 Days of Shopping - A Photographic Installation
She is interested in how even the most basic food items reach us via an increasingly elaborate web of design, packaging, marketing, biotechnology and industrial infrastructure. Most modern-day shoppers have lost the skills of previous generat...
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum: Face Up - Contemporary Art from Australia
The exhibition features 36 painting, video/DVD, photography and sculpture works, including a number of new commissions realised on site at the museum. Schmitz says : 'The exhibition is part proposition, part declaration. Beyond proffering a genera...
3RD i GALLERY: InterActive Art Works
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Photographer's Gallery: Dave Lewis: Photographs and Text Combine to Address Racism
Artist Dave Lewis, using selected quotes from the Sir William Macpherson Inquiry - the official document generated in the wake of Stephen Lawrence's murder, published in 1999 - has created a dialogue between the public manifestation of th...
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane: QUO VADIS: 25 years of the IMA
Presented In conjunction with its silver anniversary, the IMA presents an exhibition built around the extraordinary 25-year commitment of photographer Richard Stringer, who has documented the IMA since its beginnings in 1975. Quo Vadis is 25 years...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Unscripted: Language in Contemporary Art
Over the last two decades in Australia, the use of language in contemporary art has been integrated much more so than previously. Unscripted: language in contemporary art will bring together 22 works by some of Australia's most well-known co...
EXPERIMENTAL ART FOUNDATION: SIMRYN GILL: NATURAL RESEMBLANCE, SOME RECENT PHOTO WORKS
Gill's explorations of the connections and complexities between systems of language, botany and geography are the basis for these enigmatic images. The works variously take their cues from the development of concepts of writing and nature; the his...
National Gallery of Victoria: Colin McCahon: A Time for Messages
The NGV holds a major six panel work on paper produced in 1979 by McCahon, and the acquisition of an important early work by McCahon has been a collection priority of the NGV for several years. Acquired in 1999, One is a painting that is small...
Oakland Museum of Califoria: California Species: Biological Art & Illustration
The artworks were chosen by a panel of professional artists, illustrators and scientists. In addition to being aesthetically appealing and technically accomplished, they had to show native C...
Biennale of Sydney 2002, International Festival of Contemporary Art: (The World May Be) Fantastic.
The 2002 exhibition invites you to view My Living Room is a Martian Base (Gilles Barbier, France), see Nixon in Chains (Jeffrey Vallance, USA), hear A Strange Message From Another Star (Veli Granö, Finland), experience the killing in the Muriel...

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Robert MacPherson, Armourer
www.math.ias.edu/~phares/macpherson/RDM.html
Robert Macpherson (Getty Museum)
Robert MacPherson Online
Robert Macpherson (1811 - 1872) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Bob MacPhersons HomePage
Robert MacPherson, Armourer: 16th Century Black and white - Detail
Robert Macpherson: A Comprehensive Survey of Work - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney - Absolutearts.com
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