Robert Dunkarton
(circa 1744-circa 1815), Engraver and portrait painterArtist associated with 166 portraits
After an apprenticeship with mezzotint engraver William Pether, Dunkarton initially produced portraits in oils and crayons. He exhibited these at the Royal Academy and the Society of Artists from 1774 until 1779, after which he concentrated on printmaking. Dunkarton worked in a number of areas, including portraits, old master paintings, landscapes, and botanical subjects. Between 1770 and 1811, he produced some forty-five mezzotint portraits, many on a large scale. One of his last commissions was from J.M.W. Turner, for whom he provided the mezzotint ground for five of the plates for his Liber Studiorum, published in 1811-12.
by Robert Dunkarton, published by Walter Shropshire, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint with some hand-colouring, published 20 February 1778 (1775)
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by Robert Dunkarton, after William Humphrey
mezzotint, published 1778
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by Robert Dunkarton, after J. Dodd
mezzotint, published 1778
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by Robert Dunkarton, after J. Dodd
mezzotint, published 1778
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by Walter Shropshire, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 20 February 1778 (1775)
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by John Boydell, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1 January 1781
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by John Boydell, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 1 January 1781
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by Horace W. Billington, after John Opie
mezzotint, published 1 January 1788 (exhibited 1787)
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by Robert Dunkarton, after John Opie
mezzotint, published 1788 (exhibited 1787)
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by Robert Dunkarton, after John Singleton Copley
mezzotint, (circa 1790)
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James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford
by Robert Dunkarton, published by Thomas Macklin, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 January 1790
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William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
by Robert Dunkarton, after John Singleton Copley
mezzotint, published 1794
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Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by Robert Dunkarton, published by and after John Singleton Copley
mezzotint, published July 1799
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James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox
by Robert Dunkarton
mezzotint, early 19th century
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
by Robert Dunkarton, after John Greenhill
mezzotint, early 19th century (circa 1672-1673)
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by Colnaghi & Co, published by and after Robert Woodburn
mezzotint, published 4 June 1801 (1802)
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by Hannah Macklin (née Kenting), after William Artaud
mezzotint, published 1802
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by Robert Dunkarton, after William Artaud
mezzotint, published 1802
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by Robert Dunkarton, after William Artaud
mezzotint, published 1802
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by Robert Dunkarton, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, (1805)
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