School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Robert Taylor Pritchett

Born: 1828   Died: 1907

Pritchett was born in 1828 and on leaving the King’s College School, he started work at his father’s gun making company. He went on to invent the ‘Pritchett Bullet’ which was more accurate than earlier variants and Parliament awarded him £1000 for his contribution. He insisted this be shared with Metford, who gave him the idea for the bullet. After the business closed in 1864, he took up illustrating and painting. Pritchett was also an expert on ancient armour and was responsible for dating many pieces in the Tower of London’s collection. He exhibited work at the Royal Academy in 1851, 1852, 1869, and 1871. He gained attention from Queen Victoria for his watercolours. Among other jobs, he illustrated the Lambert’s The Voyage of the Wanderer (1883) and Lady Brassey’s The Last Voyage of the Sunbeam (1889) after cruises around the world. In the 1890s, he illustrated Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle (1890). He died in 1907 at Burghfield, Berkshire and this is where he was buried.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

The Queen's Journal PL3927 Prints

A Lamentation PL3910 Prints1860s

A Wooing PL3912 Prints1860s

Ae Vum Praeteritum PL3895 Prints1860s

An Affair at Sigtuna PL3900 Prints1860s

Annabel's Maying PL3911 Prints1860s

April PL3906 Prints1860s

Bottreux Bells PL3896 Prints1860s

Dartmoor Streams PL3893 Prints1860s

Fontainbleau PL3889 Prints1860s

Harvest PL3890 Prints1860s

In The Island of Skye PL3902 Prints1860s

July PL3909 Prints1860s

June PL3907 Prints1860s

May PL3908 Prints1860s

Memories of Kenilworth PL3922 Prints1860s

Mountain Worship PL3913 Prints1860s

Pen and Pencil Sketches PL3905 Prints1860s

Pictures PL3914 Prints1860s

Port-A-Davis PL3915 Prints1860s

Sea Thoughts PL3916 Prints1860s

St Michael's Cave Gibralter PL3901 Prints1860s

The Catharine Wheel Inn PL3919 Prints1860s

The Cowgate PL3897 Prints1860s

The Indian Mother PL3917 Prints1860s

The Legend of Bosham Bell PL3894 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3923 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3924 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3925 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3926 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3928 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3929 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3930 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3932 Prints1860s

The Queen's Journal PL3931 Prints1860s

The Skye Ferry Boat PL3920 Prints1860s

The Tabard Inn Southwark PL3921 Prints1860s

Trant Village Whipping Post PL3898 Prints1860s

[Trees on a riverbank] PL3888 Prints1860s

Under The Ivied Bridge PL3933 Prints1860s

West Tarring Church PL3934 Prints1860s

Winter PL3892 Prints1860s

World Dreams Away PL3918 Prints1860s




 
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