Robert Grave
1 portrait by Robert Graves
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Grave
by Robert Graves, after John Hoppner
line engraving, 1827 (1809)
10 3/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. (265 mm x 209 mm) plate size; 12 1/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. (309 mm x 257 mm) paper size
Given by Robert Graves and A. Graves, 1866
Reference Collection
NPG D13562
Sitterback to top
- Robert Grave (1768-1825), Printseller. Sitter in 3 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Robert Graves (1798-1873), Line engraver. Artist or producer associated with 34 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 217 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D34808: Robert Grave (based on same portrait)
- NPG D34892: Robert Grave (based on same portrait)
Events of 1827back to top
Current affairs
Lord Liverpool suffers a stroke and is forced to resign as Prime Minister. George Canning succeeds him only to die after four months in office.Art and science
University College London, the first metropolitan university in England, is founded specifically to educate dissenters excluded from Oxford and Cambridge. Whig politician Henry Brougham, writer Thomas Campbell and financier and philanthropist Isaac Goldsmid are its principal patrons.International
Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty in London agreeing to intervene in the Greek War of Independence. Allied troops under General Edward Codrington subsequently destroy Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino.Western Australia is explored for the first time by Captain Stirling.
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