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Last Name Havell

Given Name Robert Sr.

alt. Names R. H. ; R. Sen. / Rob. senior ;

Marriage Lydia Millard Phillips in 1793 ;

Children Robert Havell jr. (1793-1xxx) ; Mary (1795-1xxx)

Year born 1769 or 1766 in Reading, Berkshire

Year died 1832

Place of death London

Father's occupation John Havell ; Jane (mother)

Relatives Luke Havell (1752?-1810) (cousin) ; Daniel Havell (newphew) ;

Education aquatint from Rudolph Ackermann published as his colourist ;

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for John James Audubon: Birds of America ; Henry Salt: Twenty four views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia & Egypt (1809) ;

Patronage Rudolph Ackermann publisher ;

Collaborators John James Audubon ; son Robert Havell jr. ; Daniel Havell ;

Techniques botanical, natural, landscape, and ornithological engraving, and aquatint ; hand-colouring ;

Sample(s) http://boiseartmuseum.org/exhibit/past.php ;

Archival sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havell_family ;

Published sources AKL 70 2011: 274 ; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966; Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/8 ## 520, 3480 & 4049 ;

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