Robert Sayer
(1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisherArtist 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.
by Richard Earlom, printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 12 February 1780
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by Richard Earlom, printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 12 February 1780
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'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
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Mary Isabella Manners (née Somerset), Duchess of Rutland
printed for Robert Sayer, printed for John Bennett
mezzotint, published 29 October 1782
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by James Wilson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Francis Cotes
mezzotint, published 1 December 1786
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by Robert Laurie, published by Robert Sayer, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1788
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published by Robert Sayer, after Isaac Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 20 February 1790 (1789-1790)
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published by Robert Sayer, after Isaac Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 20 February 1790 (1789-1790)
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by Richard Earlom, published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 March 1791
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by Charles Spooner, after Robert Sayer
mezzotint, published circa 1745-1794
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by James Macardell, published by Robert Sayer, after Jean Etienne Liotard
mezzotint, circa 1750-1775
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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)
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by Richard Houston, published by Robert Sayer, and published by Elizabeth Bakewell, and published by Henry Parker, after Henry Robert Morland
mezzotint, circa 1760
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by Edward Fisher, printed for Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
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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
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published by Robert Sayer, after Kitchemer, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, (circa 1763)
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by John Greenwood, published by Robert Sayer, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, published 20 December 1770 (circa 1766)
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by James Watson, published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 May 1771
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