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   Porter
   Robert Ker
   R. K. P. ; Sir Robert K. Porter ;
   
   
   1777 in Durham
   1842
   St Petersburg, Russia
   army surgeon William Porter (17xx-1xxx)
   
   student at the Royal Academy with Benjamin West
   United Kingdom
   Sir Robert Ker Porter's Caracas diary (1825-1842) ; Narrative of the Campaign in Russia during the year 1812 (Hartford 1815) ; Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. during the years 1817, 1818, 1819 & 1820 ;
   historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia ; British consul in Venezuela ; 1807 knight of St. Joachim ; in 1813 knighted by the Prince Regent
   
   geographical, topographical, and technical drawing ; hand-colouring, panoramas, archaeological, and historical paintings
   www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/robert-ker-porter
   BNBF: Recueil. Oeuvre de Robert-Kerr Porter Sir; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ker_Porter
   Thomas Seccombe in DNB 46 1896 ; Klingender 1968/74: 74 ;
   British artist, writer and diplomat, who drew technical sujets in West-Asia. Further Places of Activity: Russia (1812), Iran, Irak, Armenia & Western Asia (1817-20), Venezuela, and Columbia.
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