Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11525

    Portrait of Robert Robertson

    Date
    19th century
    Sitter
    Robert Robertson (1742 - 1829, British) , Surgeon
    Creator
    James Heath (1757 - 1834, British) , Engraver
    After
    Emma Smith (1783 - 1808) , Artist
    Object type
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 72mm
    width (print): 59mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Robert Robertson, turned to the right as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears regency-style coat, waistcoat and cravat. In an oval frame.

    Inscribed on separate paper ‘ROBT. ROBERTSON, M.D. F.R.S F.A.S’ and pencilled ‘1804’.

    Robert Robertson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804.

    Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.69
    Associated place
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