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Robert Sayer

(1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher

Artist associated with 198 portraits
In 1747, Robert Sayer's elder brother James married Mary Overton, owner of the map and print business of her late husband, Philip Overton. A year later Robert Sayer acquired both her stock and her shop and began running it himself. From his London office on Fleet Street, he continued to publish the Overton stock while acquiring and expanding the business with plates from other printers, including maps, portraits, and nautical engravings. Sayer became a leading figure in the print, map and chart business; he took advantage of common production facilities and distribution channels and exploited the expanding markets in all three fields.

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Samuel Barrington, by Richard Earlom, printed for  Robert Sayer, printed for  John Bennett, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D641

Samuel Barrington

by Richard Earlom, printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 12 February 1780
NPG D641

Samuel Barrington, by Richard Earlom, printed for  Robert Sayer, printed for  John Bennett, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D642

Samuel Barrington

by Richard Earlom, printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 12 February 1780
NPG D642

'Two Impures of the Ton driving to the Gigg Shop, Hammersmith.', by Robert Dighton, published by  Robert Sayer, published by  John Bennett, and published by  John Smith of Cheapside - NPG D47141

'Two Impures of the Ton driving to the Gigg Shop, Hammersmith.'

by Robert Dighton, published by Robert Sayer, published by John Bennett, and published by John Smith of Cheapside
hand-coloured etching, published 6 February 1781
NPG D47141

Mary Isabella Manners (née Somerset), Duchess of Rutland, printed for Robert Sayer, printed for  John Bennett - NPG D4212

Mary Isabella Manners (née Somerset), Duchess of Rutland

printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett
mezzotint, published 29 October 1782
NPG D4212

William Campbell Skinner, by James Wilson, printed for  Robert Sayer, after  Francis Cotes - NPG D9116

William Campbell Skinner

by James Wilson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Francis Cotes
mezzotint, published 1 December 1786
NPG D9116

King George III, by Robert Laurie, published by  Robert Sayer, after  Johan Joseph Zoffany - NPG D33144

King George III

by Robert Laurie, published by Robert Sayer, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1788
NPG D33144

William Pitt, published by Robert Sayer, after  Isaac Cruikshank - NPG D3891

William Pitt

published by Robert Sayer, after Isaac Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 20 February 1790 (1789-1790)
NPG D3891

William Pitt, published by Robert Sayer, after  Isaac Cruikshank - NPG D18920

William Pitt

published by Robert Sayer, after Isaac Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 20 February 1790 (1789-1790)
NPG D18920

Samuel Barrington, by Richard Earlom, published by  Robert Sayer, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D21463

Samuel Barrington

by Richard Earlom, published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 March 1791
NPG D21463

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Nancy Dawson

by Charles Spooner, after Robert Sayer
mezzotint, published circa 1745-1794
NPG D19355

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David Garrick

by James Macardell, published by Robert Sayer, after Jean Etienne Liotard
mezzotint, circa 1750-1775
NPG D19570

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Maria (née Walpole), Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh

by Richard Purcell (H. Fowler, Charles or Philip Corbutt), published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (probably 1760-1761)
NPG D19664

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King George III

by Richard Houston, published by Robert Sayer, and published by Elizabeth Bakewell, and published by Henry Parker, after Henry Robert Morland
mezzotint, circa 1760
NPG D20037

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Laurence Sterne

by Edward Fisher, printed for Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
NPG D20401

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Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany

by Richard Houston, published by Elizabeth Bakewell, and published by Henry Parker, and published by Robert Sayer, after Henry Robert Morland
mezzotint, published circa 1762-1775
NPG D20335

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John Wilkes

published by Robert Sayer, after Kitchemer, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, (circa 1763)
NPG D19507

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John Wesley

by John Greenwood, published by Robert Sayer, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, published 20 December 1770 (circa 1766)
NPG D20225

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Edmund Burke

by James Watson, published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 May 1771
NPG D20364

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