1796, Bolton, Lancashire, Great Britain — 1871, New Grove, Sussex, Great Britain

English artist and engraver. He was born at Bolton, Lancashire. At the age of 18 he became a pupil of James Heath, for about two years. In 1856, Robinson was elected an "associate engraver of the new class", in 1867 he was elected a royal academician. Robinson received a first-class gold medal at the Paris International Exhibition of 1855. He engraved many illustrations for books and private portraits including Nicholas I of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Augustus Frederick, James Stanley etc. He died at New Grove, Petworth, Sussex, where he had long resided, on 21 October 1871, aged 75.