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, after Arthur William Devis
engraved copper plate, (1805)
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by William Richardson, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1 August 1805
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by William Richardson, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1 August 1805
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by William Richardson, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1 August 1805
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Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
by Robert Dunkarton, and by Joseph Grozer, published by William Richardson, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 20 February 1808
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by and published by Robert Dunkarton, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published 24 June 1809
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by and published by Robert Dunkarton, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published 24 June 1809
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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox
by Robert Dunkarton, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1810-1815
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Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
by Robert Dunkarton
mezzotint, 1810-1815
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by and published by Robert Dunkarton, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published 24 March 1810 (1802)
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James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox
by Robert Dunkarton, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, 1810-1815
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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox
by Robert Dunkarton, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1810-1815
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by Robert Dunkarton, after Samuel Woodforde, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, after David Loggan, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, published by William Cribb, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 19 March 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, after Samuel Woodforde
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1811
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by Robert Dunkarton, after David Loggan
mezzotint, published 1811
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