(Fine Portrait Miniatures including The Comerford Collection, 25th March 2020) CHARLES ROBERTSON (IRISH 1760-1821) Portrait miniature of a Lady, circa 1800 in white dress, her brown hair braided at the front and tied up in a bun at the back, painted Watercolour on ivory Gilt-metal frame, the reverse glazed to reveal brown plaited hair Oval, 62 mm (2 1/2 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 7, 26 (# 76) As young as nine Robertson exhibited "Designs in Hair" at the Society of Artists in Dublin. By 1775 he was showing miniatures. His brother Walter was also a miniature painter. Between 1785 and 1792 he was in London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy.
(Fine Portrait Miniatures including The Comerford Collection, 25th March 2020) CHARLES ROBERTSON (IRISH 1760-1821) Portrait miniature of a Lady, circa 1800 in white dress, her brown hair braided at the front and tied up in a bun at the back, painted Watercolour on ivory Gilt-metal frame, the reverse glazed to reveal brown plaited hair Oval, 62 mm (2 1/2 in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009) pp 7, 26 (# 76) As young as nine Robertson exhibited "Designs in Hair" at the Society of Artists in Dublin. By 1775 he was showing miniatures. His brother Walter was also a miniature painter. Between 1785 and 1792 he was in London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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