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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Porter, Sir Robert Ker
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Description area
Dates of existence
1777-1842
History
Sir Robert Ker Porter was a Scottish artist, author, diplomat and traveller. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia, Spain, Portugal and Persia, he was one of the earliest panorama painters in Britain, was appointed historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and served as British consul in Venezuela