Robert Bowyer Parkes
(1830-1891), EngraverArtist associated with 60 portraits
Robert Bowyer Parkes was a mezzotint and stipple engraver. He was active in London between 1867 and 1883, and engraved many reproductions.
Harbord Harbord Suffield, 1st Baron Suffield
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Henry Graves, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1875 (1773)
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Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in Congreve's 'Love for Love'
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1876
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Emilia Mary ('Emily') Fitzgerald (née Lennox), Duchess of Leinster
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Henry Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1876 (1753-1755)
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John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
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John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
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John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Henry Graves, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
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Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, 1879
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Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, 1879
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by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, by James Scott, by James John Chant, by Robert Graves, by Francis Holl, by Charles Henry Mottram, by Robert Bowyer Parkes, by George Sanders, by William Henry Simmons, by Edward A. Smith, by James Stephenson, by George Zobel, printed by Holdgate Brothers, after William Menzies Tweedie
mezzotint, before 1880
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1884 (1770-1772)
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1889
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Peter van Bleeck
mezzotint, published 1889
NPG D3155
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Johann Rudolph Schmutz
mezzotint, published 1889
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, published 1889 (1738)
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Charlotte Addison (née Myddelton, formerly Charlotte Rich, Countess of Warwick and Holland)
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Jane Noseda, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, before 1881
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Charlotte Addison (née Myddelton, formerly Charlotte Rich, Countess of Warwick and Holland)
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Jane Noseda, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, before 1881
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Alexander Nasmyth
mixed-method engraving, published 5 June 1888
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Johann Rudolph Schmutz
mezzotint, published 1889
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by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Johann Rudolph Schmutz
mezzotint, published 1889
NPG D3910
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, published 1889 (1738)
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