Sir Robert Ker Porter, KCH (1777–1842) was a Scottish artist, author, diplomat and traveller. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia, Spain, Portugal and Persia, he was one of the earliest panorama painters in Britain, was appointed historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and served as British consul in Venezuela.
Sir RobertKerPorter, KCH (1777–1842) was a Scottish artist, author, diplomat and traveller. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia, Spain...
Crespigny. Porter's siblings also achieved some fame. Her sister Anna Maria Porter was likewise a novelist. Her brother Sir RobertKerPorter became a noted...
Anna Maria Porter (1778–1832) was a British poet and novelist. The sister of Jane Porter and RobertKerPorter, she was probably born on 17 December 1778...
Battle of Birmingham (1643) Sir RobertKerPorter (1777–1842), British archaeologist and diplomat Robert Percival Porter (1852–1917), British-born American...
century, first in 1812 by James Justinian Morier and then in 1821 by RobertKerPorter. Morier described the tomb as follows: [It] is a building of a form...
Gardanne thought it showed "Christ and his twelve apostles", and Sir RobertKerPorter thought it represented the Lost Tribes of Israel and Shalmaneser of...
Nyenschantz in the Ingrian campaign. Bidloo had to organize a military hospital. Robert Bruce was appointed commander-in-chief of St. Petersburg. After the defeat...
the painting Storming of Srirangapattanam, an oil painting by Sir RobertKerPorter made in 1800. This historical painting depicts the final fall of Srirangapatana...
Coriolanus Act I, scene 3 by James Stow after RobertKerPorter Act IV, scene 5 by James Parker after RobertKerPorter Julius Cæsar Act III, scene 1 by James...
churches of Etchmiadzin with Ararat by Mikhail Matveevich Ivanov. RobertKerPorter, 1821 "View of Ararat and the Monastery of Echmiadzin", from the 1846...
distinctive about its exterior and Lynch did not admire its architecture. RobertKerPorter said its architecture is "of a rude character, when compared with...
through local informants since they never actually visited the site. RobertKerPorter, who visited in the late 1810s, described what he saw as a "confused...
October 1805 by Denis Dighton, c. 1825. National Portrait Gallery(NPG), RobertKerPorter National Portrait Gallery, Expansion and Empire Australian Dictionary...
founder of graphical methods of statistics Jane Porter (1776–1850) historical novelist Sir RobertKerPorter (1777–1842) artist, author, diplomat and traveller...
long, enclosing an area of 246 acres. During his visit in 1818, Sir RobertKerPorter found al-Karkh well-furnished with shops along numerous streets. Although...
were counted standing in 1903–1904. Scottish artist and traveler RobertKerPorter described the cemetery in his 1821 book as follows: ...a vast, elevated...
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 1825–1835: Sir RobertKerPorter, Consul at Caracas 1835–1841: Sir RobertKerPorter, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General 1841–1843:...
the Zarrineh valley. The ancient Karaftu caves, first described by RobertKerPorter (1777–1842), and the old site of Takht-e Soleyman were formerly located...
descent from David, and the presence of the Jews in Georgia. Sir RobertKerPorter, who saw Alexander in Tabriz in 1819 and noted his "bold independence...
his lack of Spanish impeding the educational work. He clashed with RobertKerPorter, the British consul from the end of 1825, who regarded him as an imposter...