King George IV’s Public Entry into the City of Dublin on 17 August 1821

Location

Country: Ireland
City: Dublin
Place: British Embassy

Robert Havell senior, son of artist and publisher Daniel Havell, was born in Reading but moved to London as a child. After Robert launched his career, father and son collaborated on illustrations for Henry Salt’s ‘Twenty Four Views Taken in St. Helena’ (1809–10). However, the partnership was short-lived and Robert later established himself at premises in Fitzrovia. He married Lydia Miller Phillips and had a son, Robert junior. Robert junior and his father formed the firm of R. Havell & Son, working on numerous projects including ‘Birds of America’ for John James Audubon. The scale of this project led them to employ 50 additional staff and move to larger premises in Oxford Street. Robert senior died a year after the company expansion.

Places

Ireland, Dublin

Subjects

topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, crowd, parade, royal/state visit

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

Joseph Patrick Haverty (1794 - 1864)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)

Title

King George IV’s Public Entry into the City of Dublin on 17 August 1821

Date

published March 1823

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Presented by Ged Pierce, June 1995

Provenance

Ged Pierce

GAC number

16939