Artist

Walter Robertson

Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02
Also known as
  • Irish Robertson
  • Robertson l'Irlandais
Born
Dublin, Ireland
Died
Fatehpur, India
Active in
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • London, England
  • New York, New York, United States
Nationalities
  • Irish
Biography

Walter and Charles Robertson were brothers, both miniaturists from Ireland. Walter went bankrupt as an artist working in London, and sailed for America in 1793 with his friend the artist Gilbert Stuart. Settling in Philadelphia, Robertson painted miniature copies of Stuarts portraits, along with his own original miniatures of George Washington. He is sometimes referred to as the Irish Robertson, to distinguish him from the Scottish miniaturists Archibald, Andrew, and Alexander Robertson. He left America after 1796 for India.