Robert Brandard (1805-1862)
Brandard was a noted landscape engraver and watercolour artist from Birmingham. In 1824, he moved to London where he worked with Edward Goodall (1795-1870).
He produced plates for numerous publications and published his own etched views in 1844. He is recorded as having had two apprentices: his younger brother Edward Paxman Brandard (1819–1898) and Joseph Clayton Bentley (1809–1851).
In addition to his published work, Brandard occasionally exhibited at the British Institution.
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Academy, London
Science Museum, London
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Gray, B (1937), The English Print, Adam and Charles Black
Hind, A M (1963 reprint), A History of Engraving and Etching, Dover Publications
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Brandard was a noted landscape engraver and watercolour artist from Birmingham. In 1824, he moved to London where he worked with Edward Goodall (1795-1870).
He produced plates for numerous publications and published his own etched views in 1844. He is recorded as having had two apprentices: his younger brother Edward Paxman Brandard (1819–1898) and Joseph Clayton Bentley (1809–1851).
In addition to his published work, Brandard occasionally exhibited at the British Institution.
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Academy, London
Science Museum, London
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Gray, B (1937), The English Print, Adam and Charles Black
Hind, A M (1963 reprint), A History of Engraving and Etching, Dover Publications
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Our selection of antique prints after J M W Turner, including work by Robert Brandard can be viewed here.