Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842

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English painter.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to [Richard] Hort, 1822 Oct. 19 [OS], [1822 Oct 31 NS]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851607

Epithet: painter and traveller

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0001de

Sir Robert Ker Porter was an English painter and traveler.

From the guide to the Robert Ker Porter papers, 1805-1849., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Sir Robert Ker Porter, brother of the novelists Anna Maria and Jane, was an artist, soldier, writer, and diplomat. He married a Russian princess, spent much time in Russia, and from 1817-1820 toured extensively in Southern Russia and Persia. From these journeys came his "Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, 1817-20," in 2 volumes, 1821.

From the description of Commonplace book concerning the history and topography of Persia and Southern Russia, 1811. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 60354757

Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), artist, was a protg of Benjamin West from 1790 and an academy student at Somerset House. He painted chiefly battle scenes.

From the guide to the Sir Robert Ker Porter: Notebook on Ancient Armour and Castles, c.1793, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D527

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x00021e

Porter was an English painter and traveler.

From the description of Papers, 1805-1849. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122590326
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referencedIn Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Personal Papers of the Porter Family, 1750-1849 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Letters to John and Noadiah Hooker, 1794-1816. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Porter Family Correspondence, 1790s-1847 Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn National portrait gallery of illustrious and eminent personages of the nineteenth century, extra-illustrated Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. LXV (ff. 184). 1827.includes:ff. 1, 165 Prince Alexandr Mikhailovich Gorchakov,; Russian Chancellor: Correspondence with Prince Lieven: [1821?] -1827.: Fr.ff. 3, 70 Prince Ivan Alekseevich Potemkin,; Russian diplomatist: Correspondence with..., 1827 British Library
referencedIn TRAVELS in the Caucasus, Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, etc., with notes, maps, plans, surveys, views, and other drawings of interesting objects; by Sir Robert Ker Porter, K.C.H., during his travels in those countries, in the years 1817..., 1812-1821 British Library
referencedIn VIEWS and plans of cities, buildings, monuments, bas-reliefs, etc., drawn in ink by Sir Robert Ker Porter, K. C. H., during his travels in Georgia and Persia, in the Years 1817-1820. Paper. Folio. [Add. 18,281.], 1817-1820 British Library
creatorOf Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842. Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to [Richard] Hort, 1822 Oct. 19 [OS], [1822 Oct 31 NS]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf KER PORTER JOURNALS: journals and note-books of Sir Robert Ker Porter (d.1842) concerning his travels in Russia, the Caucasus, Persia and Mesopotamia; 1817-1820. Autograph. Used in the preparation of Porter's account of this journey, published under ..., 1817-1820 British Library
referencedIn Porter, Jane, 1776-1850. Papers of Jane Porter, 1760-1850. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Vol. LXIII (ff. 192). July 1824-1825.includes:f. 69 Baron von Maltzahn,; Prussian diplomatist: Correspondence with Prince Lieven: 1825-1827.: Fr.ff. 1, 59, 60 Hendrik Fagel, Greffier of the States General, afterwards Ambassador to England: Letter... British Library
creatorOf Vol. V (ff. 193). 6 May 1819-bef. 1830, n.d.includes:f. 1 Mark Wilks, Dissenting minister: Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty: Letter to Sir J. Mackintosh: 1819.f. 3 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minis... British Library
referencedIn Robert Ker Porter papers, 1805-1849. Houghton Library
referencedIn Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842. Papers, 1805-1849. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sir Robert Ker Porter: Notebook on Ancient Armour and Castles, c.1793 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn AUTOGRAPH letters and signatures of Royal and illustrious persons, chiefly of England and France, of the l9th century. Amongst them is the signature of H.M. Queen Victoria when Princess, dated in the year 1823. The collection is stated to have been f..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Robert Ker Porter papers, 1805-1849. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sir Henry Willock papers., 1815-1820 British Library
referencedIn Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866. Yale University Library
referencedIn VIEWS of scenery, architectural antiquities, etc., in and about Farnham, Southampton, the Isle of Wight, Winchester, etc., in pencil, pen and ink, water colours and chalks, by Sir Robert Ker Porter, in 1797. Paper. Quarto. [Add. 18,283.], 1797 British Library
referencedIn Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 items, 1823 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn 16,221. Letters empowering Sir R. K. Porter, Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, to treat for the abolition of slavery; 1836,1837. Signed by William IV. and Queen Victoria; with great seals of William IV.Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Lett... British Library
creatorOf Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842,. Autograph letter from Robert Ker Porter, London, to John Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery [manuscript], 1800. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Album of watercolors and drawings., 1777-1935, 1790-1835 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825. Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 items, 1823 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842. Letter, 1829. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Letters to John and Noadiah Hooker, 1794-1816. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn SKETCHES in pencil, ink and colours, principally of costume, taken by Sir Robert Ker Porter, during his travels in Albania, Russia, Georgia, Persia, etc. Paper. Folio. [Add. 18,282.], 1817-1830 British Library
referencedIn Miscellanea including papers relating to Sir Clowdisley Shovell, 1697-[1882] Senate House Library (University of London)
creatorOf British Records Association Collection. Vol. XVII. (1) Extracts from Sir R. K. Porter, Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, 1821-2; 14 May 1834, 11 Mar. 1835. Partly Greek. See Add. MS. 14758. ff. 2-92;-(2) Notes on Xenophon's 'Cy..., 1829-1839 British Library
creatorOf Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842. Commonplace book concerning the history and topography of Persia and Southern Russia, 1811. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Porter, Jane, 1776-1850. Diary of Jane Porter [manuscript], 1801-1803. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Sir Robert Ker Porter: Notebook on Ancient Armour and Castles, c.1793 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
creatorOf Porter, Jane, 1776-1850. Poems of Jane Porter [manuscript], ca. 1800-1802. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn VIEWS in pencil of scenery and towns in the Island of Madeira and the State of Venezuela, by Sir Robert Ker Porter, 1825-1830. Atlas Folio. [Add. 18,280.], 1825-1830 British Library
referencedIn Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Letters empowering him to treat for the abolition of slavery: 1836-1837.Victoria of England: Powers to Sir R. K. Porter to treat for the abolition of slavery in Venezuela: 1837. British Library
creatorOf SIR ROBERT KER PORTER: field book of Sir Robert Ker Porter (b.1777, d.1842) recording topographical and other observations during his journey through Persia from Bagdad; 9 Nov. 1818-7 May 1819. Autograph. This volume is the first of two which relate ... British Library
referencedIn PAPERS and letters on miscellaneous subjects connected with Egypt, by J. Burton, preceded by a table of contents, as follows:-1. Papers relating to the cholera in Egypt in Aug.-Sept. 1831, with original letters, at ff. 34, 36, of [François?] Dessap;..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astr..., 1811-1822 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXLII (ff. 385). 1-12 Jan. 1843.includes:ff. 1-12 George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1834-1845. f. 6 Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool: Letter to Lord Jersey: 1842.: Copy. f. 14 John... British Library
referencedIn Papers, 1809-1879. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. CXCIV (ff. 332). June-Dec. 1828.includes:ff. 1, 17, 80 Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Granville 1815; 1st Earl Granville 1833: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1828-1841.: abstracts. ff. 3, 6, 233, 238 Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith,... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXIV (ff. 160). 1826.includes:f. 1 Count Christian Günther von Bernstorff,; Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs: Letter to Baron Maltzahn: 1826.: Fr.: Copy. ff. 3, 135, 142 Count Nikolai Dmitrievich Gurev,; Prussian diplomatist: Correspondence..., 1826 British Library
creatorOf Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842. Sir Robert Ker Porter papers. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Robert Ker Porter papers, 1805-1849. Houghton Library
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correspondedWith Anna Maria Porter person
associatedWith Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825. person
associatedWith Boswell, James, 1740-1795 person
correspondedWith Boydell, John, 1719-1804 person
correspondedWith Charles Blick person
associatedWith Denham, John Charles, d. 1867 person
correspondedWith Edward Taylor person
correspondedWith Henry Cayley person
associatedWith Hort, Richard, person
correspondedWith James Durnford person
correspondedWith Jane (Blenkinsop) Porter person
correspondedWith Jane Porter person
correspondedWith Jerdan, William, 1782-1869 person
correspondedWith Ketsal person
correspondedWith Krasiński, Henryk, hrabia, d. 1876 person
correspondedWith Krasiński, Walerjan, hrabia, 1780-1855 person
correspondedWith Lady Sulivan person
correspondedWith Mrs. Boscowan person
correspondedWith Muhammad Saulih person
associatedWith Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, person
associatedWith Porter family family
associatedWith Porter family (William Ogilvie, Jane, Anna Maria and Sir Robert Ker, and their mother Jane) family
associatedWith Porter, Jane, 1776-1850. person
correspondedWith Porter, Lady Mary (von Scherbatoff) person
correspondedWith Porter, Lady Mary (von Scherbatoff) d. 1826 person
correspondedWith Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842 person
associatedWith Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- person
associatedWith Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. person
associatedWith Shakspeare Gallery. corporateBody
correspondedWith Sir Gore Danly person
correspondedWith Sir Henry Augustus Montagu Cosby person
associatedWith Volkonskaia, Zinaida Aleksandrovna, kniaginia, 1792-1862 person
correspondedWith William Ogilvie Porter person
associatedWith Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. person
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Netherlands, Europe
Manchester, Lancashire
Greece, Europe
Greece, Europe
Great Britain
Venezuela
Persia, Asia Minor
Ja'alan, Oman
Tabriz, Iran
Portugal, Europe
Albania, Province of, Albania
Greenock, Renfrewshire
Armenia, Eurasia
Turkey, Asia Minor
Portugal, Europe
Russia (Federation)
Middle East
Kingstown al. Dunleary, Dublin
Middle East, Asia
Tigris River, Asia
Mesopotamia, Asia Minor
Armenia, Turkey-in-Asia
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Portugal, Europe
Kurdistan, Iraq
Isle of Wight, England
Iran, Asia
Persia, Asia Minor
Bombay, India
Baghdad, Iraq
Russia, Asia
Farnham, Surrey
Iraq, Asia Minor
Venezuela, S. America
Georgia, Asia
Iraq, Asia Minor
Madeira, Portugal
India, Asia
Alexandria, Egypt
United States of America
Iran, Asia
Georgia, Europe
Mesopotamia, Asia Minor
Ctesiphon, Iraq
Caracas (Venezuela)
Spain, Europe
Southampton, Hampshire
Niniveh (Extinct City), Asia
Turkey, Asia Minor
Iraq, Asia
Winchester, Hampshire
Armenia, Turkey-in-Asia
Austria, Europe
Persia, Asia Minor
Persia, Asia Minor
Russia, Empire of, Asia
Turkey, Asia minor
Sweden
Mosul, Iraq
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