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Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, &c. &c., 2 vol., first edition, 1821-22.

Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, &c. &c., 2 vol., first edition, lithograph frontispieces, 2 large folding maps, one with short split to foldline, 88 engraved or lithographed plates and maps, of which 5 hand-coloured and 19 folding or double-page, vol. 2 lacking half-title and advertisement, occasional faint off-setting, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink-stamp to titles, bookplate, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Atabey 976], 4to, 1821-22. *** "This very interesting work describes travels through Russia and the Caucasus to Persia, returning by way of Asia Minor to Constantinople, Thrace, the Balcan and Bucharest." (Atabey)

Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, 1813.

Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, 41 aquatints, of which 28 hand-coloured and 3 folding, faint off-setting, short tear to front free endpaper, near contemporary half-calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, 4to, 1813.

ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (SCOTTISH 1777-1842)

ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (SCOTTISH 1777-1842) THE GREAT LAVRA BELLTOWER OF THE KIEV MONASTERY OF THE CAVES inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 22 Jul 1808 upper edge and Kiev verso pen and ink and watercolour on two sheets each sheet measuring 27.5 x 35cm; 10 3/4 x 13 3/4in together with nine further topographical views including La Vallée Sombre dans L'Isle de Rodrigues, Grutli Lake Lucerne, The Temple of Apollo and the Lake of Averno by various hands including by or attributed to Francesco Zuccharelli, Hugh Primrose Dean and William Delamotte various sizes, all unframed (10) Porter was appointed historical painter at the court of Tsar Alexander I of Russia in 1805, being employed in decorating Admiralty Hall, St Petersburg with vast historical paintings. While in St Petersburg, he wooed the Russian princess Mary de Scherbatoff, daughter of Prince Theodor. The prospects of this courtship and of Porter's personal safety were complicated due to the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit, which aligned Russia with Napoleon Bonaparte and therefore against Britain. Porter was forced to leave St Petersburg and cross the border into Finland on 10th December 1807. Before his return to Britain he was knighted in Sweden by Gustavus IV, became a knight of St Joachim of Württemberg, and accompanied Sir John Moore to Spain for the Peninsular War. In 1809 Porter published his remarkable account of his adventures through Russia and Europe in in two volumes with over forty illustrations accompanying the text.Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, During the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. London, 1809.

Russia.- Porter (Sir Robert Ker) A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, during the year 1812, second edition, bound with another together 2 vol. bound as 1, 1814; and others similar (3).

Russia.- Porter (Sir Robert Ker) A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, during the year 1812, second edition, portrait frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to title, 2 folding maps, one with short tear, tear to final leaf affecting text, with neat repair, 1814, bound with, Schoberl (Frederic) Narrative of the most remarkable events which occured in and near Leipzig, folding map frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to title, 1814, together 2 works bound as 1 vol., near contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, § Seymour (H. D.) Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof, first edition, frontispiece and one plate, 4 maps (3 folding), advertisements at end, spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in modern cloth slipcase, 1855; and another Russia, 8vo (3).

Observaciones Sobre el Comercio de la Nueva Granada, Con un apendice relativo al Bogota, J.A. Cualla, Bogota 1831. Bears signature on title page, of Sir Robert Ker Porter, Scottish Artist and Traveller 1777-1842. Re-bound marbled boards, some...

Observaciones Sobre el Comercio de la Nueva Granada, Con un apendice relativo al Bogota, J.A. Cualla, Bogota 1831. Bears signature on title page, of Sir Robert Ker Porter, Scottish Artist and Traveller 1777-1842. Re-bound marbled boards, some foxing etc (200 x 145mm) Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (ENGLISH 1777-1842), SIX VIEWS OF THE LAKE DISTRICT

SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (ENGLISH 1777-1842)SIX VIEWS OF THE LAKE DISTRICT COMPRISING: WINDERMERE LAKE FROM THE STATION; KENDAL CASTLE AND DOWN FROM CROOKWATER; PATTERDALE FROM ULLSWATER LAKE; WEST WATER LAKE; BOWNESS CHURCH AT WINDERMERE LAKE; ESKDALEPen, ink and washEach variously inscribedThe largest 23.5 x 37cm (9¼ x 14½ in.) Provenance:The Artist's sale, Christie's, London, 31 March 1843, lot 162 sold as 'A sketchbook containing ten tinted sketches of Lakes of Westmoreland, with the commencement of Sir Robert, 1811Sale, Christie's, London, 14 June 1977, lot 1St. Helier Galleries Ltd, JerseyChristie's, South Kensington, 4 November 2010, lot 118, where purchased by Robert Kime

Portrait d'un officier

Robert Ker Porter 1777 - 1842 Portrait of an Officer Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right R.K.P. / 1801  76,5 x 51 cm ; 30⅛ by 20⅛ in. _______________________________________ Robert Ker Porter 1777 - 1842 Portrait d'un officier Huile sur toile Signé et daté en bas à droite R.K.P. / 1801 76,5 x 51 cm ; 30⅛ by 20⅛ in.

Engraving, "His Majesty Reviewing the Volunteers"

His Majesty Reviewing the Volunteers on the 4th of June 1799, mezzotint engraving by Samuel William Reynolds (English, 1773-1835) after the painting by Robert Ker Porter (English, 1777-1842), published by Jeffryes & Co., London, 1800 Overall: 30-1/2"h x 33-3/4"w Sight: 22-1/4"h x 26"w Provenance: Bloomsbury, London

ROBERT KER PORTER (DURHAM 1777-1842 SAINT PETERSBURG)

ROBERT KER PORTER (DURHAM 1777-1842 SAINT PETERSBURG) ROBERT KER PORTER (DURHAM 1777-1842 SAINT PETERSBURG) Soldiers fighting off a pack of wolves brown ink, pen, brown washes, heightened with white on paper laid down on card, unframed 31 x 50.5 cm

ROBERT KER PORTER (DURHAM 1777-1842 SAINT PETERSBURG)

ROBERT KER PORTER (DURHAM 1777-1842 SAINT PETERSBURG) ROBERT KER PORTER (DURHAM 1777-1842 SAINT PETERSBURG) Soldiers fighting off a pack of wolves brown ink, pen, brown washes, heightened with white on paper laid down on card, unframed 310 x 505 mm

JOSEPH CONSTANTINE STADLER (XVIiI CENTURY), - AFTER SIR ROBERT KERR PORTER (1777–1842)

JOSEPH CONSTANTINE STADLER (XVIiI CENTURY), AFTER SIR ROBERT KERR PORTER (1777–1842) Printed by P.A. HUBERT An officer of the Russian Imperial Foot Guards, two aquatints aquatint on paper 30 x 24 cm; one on passe-partout 41 x 34 cm

Sir Robert Ker Porter (British 1777-1842)

Sir Robert Ker Porter (British 1777-1842) Sir Robert Ker Porter (British 1777-1842) Sheltering From the Battle Watercolour and pen and ink on laid paper, squared for transfer; together with three further figurative watercolours by or attributed to George Scharf (1788-1860), John Varley, O.W.S. (1778-1842), the first 20 by 18 cm.; 8 by 7 in. All unframed (4)

After Robert Ker Porter The body of Tippoo Sultaun recognised by his family 59.7 x 70.2cm (23 1/2 x 27 5/8in)(SH).

After Robert Ker Porter The body of Tippoo Sultaun recognised by his family stipple engraving with hand colouring, on wove, engraved by L. Schiavonetti and published by Messrs Schiavonetti, London, 1801, with margins 59.7 x 70.2cm (23 1/2 x 27 5/8in)(SH). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

Sir Robert Ker Porter (1781-1842) Moscow. View of the Novodevichy Convent. 1809 Paper, aquatint. 23.5 x 29.7 cm.

Paper, aquatint. 23.5 x 29.7 cm. Сэр Роберт Кер ПОРТЕР (Sir Robert Ker Porter)(1781-1842) Москва. Вид Новодевичьего монастыря. 1809 год. Бумага, акватинта. 23,5 х 29,7 см. Известный живописец, путешественник и писатель. С 1790 обучался в лондонской Королевской Академии живописи. В 1804 по вызову Императора Александра I приехал в Россию, где получил звание придворного исторического живописца, пользовался постоянным благоволением государя. В 1805 путешествовал по Финляндии и Швеции, описав свои странствования в книге «Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805—1808», затем ездил в Португалию и Испанию. В 1811 опять приехал в Россию, В 1812 женился на княжне Марии Федоровне Щербатовой и вошел в светские и дипломатические круги петербургского общества. Будучи свидетелем событий Отечественной войны, издал в 1818 «A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia during the year 1812». В 1817 предпринял большое путешествие по Кавказу и Персии, которое описал в книге «Travels in Greorgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, 1817—1820 г.».

SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (1777-1842) Portuguese Troops before Santarem, 1808 Watercolor and graphite on paper, 13.5 x 17 in., conserv...

SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (1777-1842) Portuguese Troops before Santarem, 1808 Watercolor and graphite on paper, 13.5 x 17 in., conservation mounted in carved and gilded, reproducton frame Porter determined at an early age to become of painter of battles and by 1800, achieved fame and success with his monumental, 120-foot work, The Storming of Seringapatam. Traveling to Russia in 1804, he was appointed historical painter to the emperor and was also knighted by the King of Sweden. At the request of General Sir John Moore, Porter accompanied the British expeditionary force during its 1808 Peninsula campaign, until Moore's death at Corunna in January 1809. Porter never produced any battle paintings based on such first-hand experience and this striking view of Santarem is perhaps the finest extant, finished drawing from his Peninsular travels. Porter produced aquatint engravings from some of his other Portuguese views, which were published in his anonymous account of the campaign, Letters from Portugal and Spain by an Officer (London:1809). In a letter written on 7 November 1808 and published on pages 74-75, Porter described the scene which inspired this watercolor: "The country is extremely hilly; and the appearance of the city [Santarem] from the last height we mounted before we reached it is beautifully picturesque. It is built on a high and commanding situation, proudly overlooking the far-stretching plains beneath, through the bosom of which rolls the Tagus....while the blue heads of lofty mountains in the distance raise a majestic boundary to the landscape." The two Portuguese soldiers in the foreground represent a mounted irregular in traditional Iberian dress, while the infantryman to his right is wearing one of the brown uniforms provided by their British allies.

Sir Robert Ker Porter (1781-1842) Moscow. View of

Sir Robert Ker Porter (1781-1842) Moscow. View of the Novodevichy Convent. 1809 Paper, aquatint. 23.5 x 29.7 cm. Сэр Роберт Кер ПОРТЕР (Sir Robert Ker Porter)(1781-1842) Москва. Вид Новодевичьего монастыря. 1809 год. Бумага, акватинта. 23,5 х 29,7 см. Известный живописец, путешественник и писатель. С 1790 обучался в лондонской Королевской Академии живописи. В 1804 по вызову Императора Александра I приехал в Россию, где получил звание придворного исторического живописца, пользовался постоянным благоволением государя. В 1805 путешествовал по Финляндии и Швеции, описав свои странствования в книге «Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805—1808», затем ездил в Португалию и Испанию. В 1811 опять приехал в Россию, В 1812 женился на княжне Марии Федоровне Щербатовой и вошел в светские и дипломатические круги петербургского общества. Будучи свидетелем событий Отечественной войны, издал в 1818 «A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia during the year 1812 г.». В 1817 предпринял большое путешествие по Кавказу и Персии, которое описал в книге «Travels in Greorgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, 1817—1820 г.». после смерти жены в 1826 был назначен Британским консулом в Венесуэлу, где провел 15 лет, затем вернулся в Россию и умер в Петербурге. Гравюра Joseph Constantine Stadler по рисунку Сэра Роберта Кер Портера.

Rare book: Robert Ker Porter's Travelling Sketches

Rare book: Robert Ker Porter's Travelling Sketches Porter, Sir Robert Ker (1777–1842), TRAVELLING SKETCHES IN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN, DURING THE YEARS 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. London: John Stockdale, 1813. Plain paper boards, Charles Frederick Gaunt bookplate. Provenance: Millicent Rogers, New York and Taos Thence by descent

PORTER, ROBERT KER.

PORTER, ROBERT KER. Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. I-II. 2 vol. Printed for John Stockdale, London 1813. Second edition. Two small folio volumes in later full coth bindings with gilt lettered spines. Illustrated with in all 41 aquatints, handcolored lithographs and etchings. Some folded. As always offsetting from some of the plates, else only occasional spots. A fine copy. Porter was an English diplomat and he became the historical painter to the czar of Russia in 1804. Abbey, Travel, 13; Tooley, Coloured plates, 382, Colas 2407; Lipperheide I, p.314, Catalogue Russica, 1037.

PORTER, ROBERT KER. 1777-1842. Travelling Sketches

PORTER, ROBERT KER. 1777-1842. Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. London: Richard Phillips, 1809.

Porter, Robert Ker: The costume of the inhabitants of Russia

(Porter, Robert Ker). The costume of the inhabitants of Russia. Gestochener Titel und 26 kolorierte gestochene Tafeln. 27,5 x 21,5 cm. Pappband d. Z. (Gebrauchsspuren) mit montiertem Deckeltitel ("Sketches of the Costume of Russia"). London, J. Edington, (1810). Hiler 718. Colas 2408. Vgl. Lipperheide Kaa 25. Einziger Druck dieser sehr seltenen Folge von Nachstichen zu Porters zuerst 1809 erschienenen zweibändigen Reisebeschreibung Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. Die 26 kolorierten Kupfer zeigen Darstellungen der traditionellen Kleidung zumeist einfacherer russischer Landsleute wie Bauern, Krankenschwester, Reisende, orthodoxe Mönche und Nonnen, ferner verschiedene Händler mit ihren Ehefrauen und Kindern sowie Soldaten unterschiedlicher Regimenter des Riesenreichs, teils mit Staffage wie Schlitten und Pferden. Jedes Blatt ist in der Platte betitelt. - Etwas fingerfleckig. Eine Tafel mit Knickspuren, eine weitere Tafel mit kleinem Randeinris. Überwiegend wohlerhalten.

SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (1777-1842) Russian Cossack

SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (1777-1842) Russian Cossack of the Imperial Guard, pen, ink and watercolour, 8 1/2" x 6 3/4"

Sir Robert Ker Porter (Durham 1777-1842 St. Petersburg)

Sir Robert Ker Porter (Durham 1777-1842 St. Petersburg) Six views of the Lake District: Bowness Church, Lake Windermere; Eskdale; Wast Water Lake (illustrated); Peterdale from Ullswater Lake; Kendal Castle and town from Crook Water; and Windermere Lake from the station all inscribed with titles and one dated 'July 1811' pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper, three unframed 9 x 14 3/8 in. (22.8 x 36.5 cm.); and three unframed watercolours of the market place at Middleham, Wensleydale; a Continental Cathedral; and a mounted Russian cossack of the Imperial Guard, all by the same hand (9)

D'APRES ROBERT KER PORTER (1777-1842)

D'APRES ROBERT KER PORTER (1777-1842) Le corps du Sultan Tippo reconnu par sa famille, par Luigi Schiavonetti lithographie en couleurs, papier insolé, taches d'humidité, accidents, déchirures, non examinée hors de son cadre F. 56 x 67.5 cm. (22 x 26½ in.)

PORTER, Robert Ker (British 1777-1842)

'The Body of Tippoo Sultaun recognised by his Family.' Engraved by Schiavonetti & Cardon; & BOOK: 'Copies & Extracts of... War with the Late Tippoo Sultaun...' Printed for the use of the Propriotors of East India Stock, 1800. Full title: 'Copies & Extra

Porter, Robert Ker

Porter, Robert Ker Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. London: J. Stockdale, 1813. Second edition, 2 volumes, 4to, [xii, 303; iii-viii, 296], 41 aquatint plates, 28 hand-coloured, 12 sepia, 3 folding, nineteenth century half calf, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spine, volume 2 lacks half-title, offsetting from plates onto text, short marginal tear without loss to plate 29 and 30, rubbed, joints splitting

PORTER, ROBERT KER.

TRAVELLING SKETCHES IN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN, DURING THE YEARS 1805 [-1808]. .LONDON: FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS BY T. GILLET, 1809. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to (291 x 227mm.), 40 aquatints plates, most hand-coloured, 3 folding, engraved portrait of Gustav Vasa in volume II, contemporary diced russia gilt, Courtenay crest gilt on upper covers, [Abbey, Travel 13; Tooley (1954) 383], fragment of tissue guard pasted to view of Moscow, occasional offsetting, spines faded, joints cracked, extremities slightly rubbed

W. Barnard after Robert Ker Porter (British 1777-1842) Young boy and sheep dog beside a humble cottage 29 x 25cm

Young boy and sheep dog beside a humble cottage Published March 12th 1800, W. Barnard, London Coloured mezzotint 29 x 25cm Together with a 19th Century lithograph of a young child and kitten. (2)

W. Barnard after Robert Ker Porter (British 1777-1842) Young boy and sheep dog beside a humble cottage 29 x 25cm

Young boy and sheep dog beside a humble cottage Published March 12th 1800, W. Barnard, London Coloured mezzotint 29 x 25cm Together with a 19th Century lithograph of a young child and kitten. (2)

Attributed to Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842)

Attributed to Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842) "Durham Cathedral" Inscribed with the title and the artist's name on a plaque attached to the frame, together with various details on the artist and provenance on labels verso, oil on canvas, 42cm by 68.5cm Provenance: With T Rushworth and Son, Sadler Street, Durham British painter, writer and diplomat, moved to Edinburgh in 1780, where he knew the young Walter Scott and the Jacobite heroine Flora Macdonald. A battle painting owned by Macdonald inspired him to become a painter of battle scenes. In 1790 his mother took him to London to see Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, who arranged for him to be admitted to the Royal Academy Schools. He made rapid progress and in 1792 was awarded a silver palette by the Royal Society of Arts for his drawing the Witches of Endor (untraced). The following year he was commissioned to paint an altarpiece for Shoreditch Church in London. On a visit to Durham he painted his only known landscape, View of Durham (untraced), which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1797. By 1799 the whole family was resident in Joshua Reynolds's old house in London.

Study for a theatrical scenery design

Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842) Study for a theatrical scenery design signed with initials and dated 'RKP 1799' (lower left) pencil and watercolour, unframed 7¼ x 6 in. (18.3 x 15.2 cm.)

Sir Robert Ker Porter (British, 1777-1842) Mother

Sir Robert Ker Porter (British, 1777-1842) Mother and Child frightened by a Storm pen and grey wash 12 x 7cm Provenance: Christie's sale, Brown Collection, 7 June 1869 Christie's, London, Sale, 2 August 1977, lot 203 Sir Robert Ker Porter was a wealthy traveller, explorer, ambassador, author and painter who was married to a Russian princess. He trained at the Royal Academy Schools. He was knighted by the Prince Regent in 1813. In 1817 he travelled to Persia by way of St Petersburg and the Caucasus, returning by way of Baghdad and western Asia Minor

PORTER, ROBERT KER.

Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden. London: Richard Phillips, 1809, 2 volumes, 4to, 41 plates, 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 folding, 12 tinted aquatint views, one folding, one etched portrait, later half calf, occasional spotting LITERATURE Abbey, Travel 13 NOTE ''A man of the most varied attainments, Porter... is probably now best remembered as an artist. He was a splendid horseman, excelled in field sports, and possessed the gift of finding acceptance by people of every rank'' (ODNB).

Porter, Sir Robert Ker, (1772-1842), Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia &c, London, 1821, printed for Longman, Hurs