Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836

London printmaker. Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, he was working in London by 1770. He received a prize for the method he invented of printing mezzotints in colour

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[Hodges, William] 1744-1797 :Otoo, king of Otaheite ; Tynai-Mai, a principal lady of Ot...

Date: 1779 - 1780

By: Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836; Hodges, William, 1744-1797

Reference: A-111-055

Description: Portraits of Tahitian and Raiatean nobility after drawings by William Hodges, from Cook's 2nd voyage to the Pacific From Anderson, G W. A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages. [Anr. ed] Pl. 26 Other Titles - Laurie, Robert, fl 1755-1836 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 224 x 343 mm

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Laurie, Robert ca 1775-1836 :The poa. From the bird which was brought from New Zealand ...

Date: 1784

By: Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd

Reference: B-076-018-a

Description: Shows the tui Sheets of descriptive text Reproduced by courtesy of D G Ellis, Esq Printed by Pictorial Publications No. 4 of an edition limited to 500 prints Same as B-076-018 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 330 x 235 mm on sheet 490 x 370 mm

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Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1734-1806 :[Mrs Banks] H D Hamilton pinxt; R Lowrie fecit. Lond...

Date: 1772

By: Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1734-1806; Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836

Reference: C-017-007

Description: Portrait of Mrs Sarah Banks, mother of Joseph Banks Other Titles - Robert Laurie Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint 380 x 260 mm

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Zoffany, Johannn Joseph, 1733-1810 :[Queen Charlotte] R Laurie fecit; R Sayer excudit; ...

Date: 1773

By: Zoffany, Johann Joseph, 1733-1810; Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836; Sayer, Robert, active 1770s

Reference: C-021-005

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint 365 x 305 mm

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Laurie, Robert ca 1775-1836 :The poa. From the bird which was brought from New Zealand ...

Date: 1784

By: Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd

Reference: B-076-018

Description: Shows the tui Sheets of descriptive text Reproduced by courtesy of D G Ellis, Esq Printed by Pictorial Publications No. 4 of an edition limited to 500 prints Same as B-076-018-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 330 x 235 mm on sheet 490 x 370 mm

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Laurie, Robert ca 1775-1836 :The poa. Laurie del. et fect. [London, J Sharpe? 1776?]

Date: 1776

By: Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836

Reference: A-259-001

Description: Shows a tui on a branch. According to Enid Ellis this is the same as the copy in the British Museum, which was the only extant copy in black and white, believed by BM to have been done as a proof to test black inking. All other known copies are in colour (2 dated 1784) Trimmed. Plate-mark visible 1 mm above bottom of sheet Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint 355 x 249 mm (sheet) Provenance: Ingleton collection; purchased Swain's bookshop, Jan 1976

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Laurie, Robert ca 1775-1836 :The poa. From the bird which was brought from New Zealand ...

Date: 1776

By: Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836; McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978

Reference: B-098-003

Description: A tui on a branch, its head turned to catch an insect, drawn from a specimen taken back to England by Captain Cook after his second voyage to New Zealand The first example of the artist and engraver's invention of the process of printing mezzotints in colour. There are only 6 known copies of the colour mezzotint, with a variant, hand-coloured engraving, published in London by J. Sharpe in 1786, held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour mezzotint 360 x 250 mm

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Artist unknown :The Poa from the bird which was brought from New Zealand by Capt Cook i...

Date: 1778 - 1800

By: Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-172-026

Description: A tui on a branch after Robert Laurie's colour print, published 1772 Other Titles - Robert Laurie Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache, 407 x 235 mm Provenance: Donne (or Fuller) Collection

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