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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.

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Robert Ker Porter

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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...

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Jane Porter

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Crespigny. Porter's siblings also achieved some fame. Her sister Anna Maria Porter was likewise a novelist. Her brother Sir Robert Ker Porter became a noted...

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Anna Maria Porter

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Anna Maria Porter (1778–1832) was a British poet and novelist. The sister of Jane Porter and Robert Ker Porter, she was probably born on 17 December 1778...

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Robert Porter

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Battle of Birmingham (1643) Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), British archaeologist and diplomat Robert Percival Porter (1852–1917), British-born American...

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Tomb of Cyrus the Great

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century, first in 1812 by James Justinian Morier and then in 1821 by Robert Ker Porter. Morier described the tomb as follows: [It] is a building of a form...

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Behistun Inscription

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Gardanne thought it showed "Christ and his twelve apostles", and Sir Robert Ker Porter thought it represented the Lost Tribes of Israel and Shalmaneser of...

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Peter the Great

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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...

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Daria Daulat Bagh

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the painting Storming of Srirangapattanam, an oil painting by Sir Robert Ker Porter made in 1800. This historical painting depicts the final fall of Srirangapatana...

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Boydell Shakespeare Gallery

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Coriolanus Act I, scene 3 by James Stow after Robert Ker Porter Act IV, scene 5 by James Parker after Robert Ker Porter Julius Cæsar Act III, scene 1 by James...

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Mount Ararat

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churches of Etchmiadzin with Ararat by Mikhail Matveevich Ivanov. Robert Ker Porter, 1821 "View of Ararat and the Monastery of Echmiadzin", from the 1846...

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Etchmiadzin Cathedral

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distinctive about its exterior and Lynch did not admire its architecture. Robert Ker Porter said its architecture is "of a rude character, when compared with...

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Garni Temple

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through local informants since they never actually visited the site. Robert Ker Porter, who visited in the late 1810s, described what he saw as a "confused...

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War artist

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October 1805 by Denis Dighton, c. 1825. National Portrait Gallery(NPG), Robert Ker Porter National Portrait Gallery, Expansion and Empire Australian Dictionary...

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Scottish Enlightenment

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founder of graphical methods of statistics Jane Porter (1776–1850) historical novelist Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842) artist, author, diplomat and traveller...

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Mohammad Shah Qajar

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and painter, the latter which he learned from the Scottish artist Robert Ker Porter. His level of knowledge, however, was limited compared to that of...

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Sea of Azov

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Capture of Azov 1696, painting by Robert Ker Porter....

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Karkh

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long, enclosing an area of 246 acres. During his visit in 1818, Sir Robert Ker Porter found al-Karkh well-furnished with shops along numerous streets. Although...

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Armenian cemetery in Julfa

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were counted standing in 1903–1904. Scottish artist and traveler Robert Ker Porter described the cemetery in his 1821 book as follows: ...a vast, elevated...

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela

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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 1825–1835: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Consul at Caracas 1835–1841: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General 1841–1843:...

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Shahin Dezh

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the Zarrineh valley. The ancient Karaftu caves, first described by Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), and the old site of Takht-e Soleyman were formerly located...

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Prince Alexander of Georgia

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descent from David, and the presence of the Jews in Georgia. Sir Robert Ker Porter, who saw Alexander in Tabriz in 1819 and noted his "bold independence...

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Joseph Lancaster

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his lack of Spanish impeding the educational work. He clashed with Robert Ker Porter, the British consul from the end of 1825, who regarded him as an imposter...

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