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
Laurie, Robert, 1755?-1836
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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