Alexander Robertson
✓ Source-basedrisingScottish-American artist (1772-1841)
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Alexander Robertson (1772-1841) was a Scottish-American artist. In the 1790s he founded the Columbian Academy of Painting in New York with his brother Archibald Robertson.
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Dr. William Beekman, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum![Distant View of New York City with Hobuck Ferry House on the Left, hand-colored engraving, The British Library.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Alexander_Robertson_-_Distant_view_of_New_York_-_by_1841.jpg/330px-Alexander_Robertson_-_Distant_view_of_New_York_-_by_1841.jpg)
Distant View of New York City with Hobuck Ferry House on the Left, hand-colored engraving, The British Library.[1]
Mount Vernon, after Alexander Robertson, aquatint by Francis Jukes, circa 1800In their orbit 1
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1772 to 1841 · aged 69
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