Much of Robert's early work, inspired by the naturalist painters Troyan, Daubigny and Corot, consists of portraits of his family and friends, still lifes of the products of his father's porcelain factory at Sèvres, a series of landscapes made in the nearby gardens of Versailles and Saint-Cloud, a commissioned series of architectural studies of Brittany, and a group of views made at Romesnil in Normandy.
Image: Blanquart-Evrard print at Versailles c. 18xx.