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Archibald Robertson
American, 1765–1835
Archibald Robertson was an American Romanticism painter. 7 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them watercolors. Archibald Robertson was born in Aberdeen.
Archibald Robertson (May 8, 1765 – December 6, 1835) was a Scottish born painter who operated the Columbian Academy of Painting in New York with his brother Alexander. Known for his miniature portrait paintings, he was asked to paint George and Martha Washington soon after coming to the United States from Scotland. He also made watercolor landscape paintings and engravings. His book Elements of the Graphic Arts was published in 1802.
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