About Robert Mitchell
Lived 1820 – 1873 (aged 52). Robert Mitchell was a British engraver.
Robert Mitchell (19 May 1820 – 16 May 1873) was an English engraver, son of the engraver James Mitchell. He died at Bromley, Kent.
Works Mitchell engraved in mezzotint Tapageur, a fashionable Member of the Canine Society, after Sir Edwin Landseer (1852) and The Parish Beauty (1853) and The Pastor's Pet, a pair after Alfred Rankley (1854). In the mixed style he engraved The Happy Mothers and The Startled Twins, a pair after Richard Ansdell, R.A. (1850), and Christ walking on the Sea, after Robert Scott Lauder (1854). Several of his etched plates were completed in mezzotint by other engravers.
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Who was Robert Mitchell?
English engraver, born 1820
When was Robert Mitchell born?
Robert Mitchell was born on 19 May 1820.
When did Robert Mitchell die?
Robert Mitchell died on 16 May 1873 in Bromley.
What was Robert Mitchell's occupation?
Robert Mitchell was an engraver.
What nationality was Robert Mitchell?
Robert Mitchell was British.
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· DBpedia: Robert Mitchell (engraver)
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