A 19th century Scottish portrait miniature on Ivory by Edward Robertson
a woman wearing a fine lace lace cap over her dark hair, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar, rectangular with cut corners, scrolling frame, glazed reverse with plaited hair decoration, Rolled gold mount, later brooch attachment.
Inscribed on the reverse in script:
Painted in Glasgow by Edwards Robertson, Spring to Summer 1845'
Edward Robertson (born 1809) Scottish was the son of the well-known Scottish miniaturist Andrew Robertson (1777-1845) by his first wife. It is presumed that Edward was initially trained as an artist by his father, who was one of the leading portrait miniaturists in London during the first four decades of the nineteenth century. Edward entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1827 and he exhibited his miniatures at the Royal Academy from 1830 to 1837. Although his work is scarce, he is known to have been in Dublin in 1831 to 1832, and exhibited his work at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1826.