Sir Robert Strange (1721 - 1792)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Engraver; writer; collector. Studied in Edinburgh and Rouen; active in Paris (1749), London (1750 onwards) and Rome (1760-5). Wrote on establishing the Royal Academy of Arts. Sold his prints from his house ‘at the Golden Head in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden’ from 1754 to 1762. Knighted in 1787.
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Born: 1721
Died: 1792
Gender: Male
Works by Sir Robert Strange in the RA Collection
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Works associated with Sir Robert Strange in the RA Collection
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Associated books
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Sir Robert Strange
A Collection Of Historical Prints, Engraved From Pictures Of The Most Celebrated Painters, Of The Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian, And Other Schools: With Descriptive Remarks On The Same; By Sir Robert Strange; Member of the Royal Academy of Painting at Paris; of the Academies of Rome, Florence, and Bologna; and Professor of the Royal Academy at Parma. - [London:: 1792 or later.]
04/3140
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Sir Robert Strange
An Inquiry Into The Rise and Establishment Of The Royal Academy of Arts. To Which Is Prefixed, A Letter to the Earl of Bute. By Robert Strange, Member of the Royal Academy of Painting at Paris, of the Academies of Rome, Florence, Bologna; Professor of the Royal Academy at Parma, &c. - London:: [1775]
06/1840
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Sir Robert Strange
A Descriptive Catalogue Of A Collection of Pictures, Selected From The Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian, Neapolitan, Flemish, French And Spanish Schools. To which are added, Remarks on the principal Painters and their Works. With A Catalogue of Thirty-two Drawings, from capital Paintings of great Masters. Collected and drawn, during a Journey of several Years in Italy, By Robert Strange, Member of the Royal Academy of Painting at Paris; of the Academies of Rome, Florence, Bologna; Professor of the Royal Academy of Parma, and a Director of the Royal Society of Artists of Great-Britain. - London:: [1769]
06/1249
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James Dennistoun of Dennistoun
Memoirs Of Sir Robert Strange, Knt., Engraver, Member Of Several Foreign Academies Of Design; And Of His Brother-In-Law Andrew Lumisden, Private Secretary To The Stuart Princes, And Author Of "The Antiquities Of Rome." By James Dennistoun Of Dennistoun. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.) - London:: 1855.
05/2439