Robert Carver (painter)

His father was Richard Carver (died 1754), who was a landscape and history painter born in Waterford.

He would later be employed by the revived rival theatre in Crow Street where he painted for Spranger Barry among others.

His sets for the 1766 King Arthur was reported: "the sudden Changes of the beautiful Variety of Scenery, seemed to surprise and alarm the Audience, as the effect of real Magic".

Carver worked with Thomas Sheridan in converting a barn into a theatre for a staging of Jack the giant-queller at Longfield, most likely in County Londonderry.

[2][3] Carver moved to London around 1769 and was hired by David Garrick as the head scene painter at Drury Lane, possibly at the recommendation of Barry.

[2][4] At the time of his death, Carver was completing a series of paintings for his patron Lord Altamont in Westport, County Mayo.