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Attributed to Alexander Robertson, A Young Man, ca. 1795

Artist Attributed to Alexander Robertson (Scottish, worked in America, 1772–1841)
Title A Young Man
Object Date ca. 1795
Setting Gold frame, the reverse with monogram within a plaited hair and verre églomisé surround
Dimensions oval 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm) high

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4770

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1982;

Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 89, as A Young Man [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A young man, head and shoulders three-quarters sinister, gaze directed at spectator, with powdered hair and wearing a blue jacket over a white waistcoat and cravat, cloud and sky background, gold frame, the reverse with monogram within a plaited hair and verre églomisé surround, oval 2 5/8 in.; 6.6 cm.” The annotated catalogue has a circled lot number and lists “140” below the lot description.

References

Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 24, as A Young Man.

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