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Archibald Robertson

(Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835)

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. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by Archibald Robertson:

Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835, contrib.: Letters and Papers of Andrew Robertson, A. M., Born 1777, Died 1845, Miniature Painter to His Late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex; Also a Treatise on the Art (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895), ed. by Emily Robertson, also contrib. by Andrew Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)

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Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835: Archibald Robertson, the founder of the first school of art in America. ([New York, 1920), also by Geraldine Winslow Goddard and N.Y.) Columbian Museum and School of Art (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835, illust.: Belisarius: a tragedy. / By Margaretta V. Faugeres. (New-York: : Printed by T. and J. Swords, no. 99 Pearl-Street., --1795.--), by Margaretta V. Faugeres and George Graham (HTML at Evans TCP)
Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835: Colloquia anatomica, physiologica, atque chemica, quaestionibus et responsis; ad usum ingenuae juventutis accommodata. (e Prelo academico, veneunt ibidem apud T. Bryce [etc., etc.], 1810) (page images at HathiTrust)

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