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

Nepal

Subjects

sedan chair, topography, landscape C19th, mountain, procession, house

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

James Baillie Fraser (1783 - 1856)
Robert, Jnr Havell (1793 - 1878)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)

Title

The House of Rana of Cote Goroo

Date

published 1 March 1820

Medium

Colour aquatint

Dimensions

height: 47.80 cm, width: 61.70 cm

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

GAC number

9658