Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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William Robertson (1766-1788)
Object Number:
1957.102
Date:
c. 1760
Medium:
Pastel, charcoal, and stumping on paper glued to a stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/4 x 18 5/8 in. ( 59.1 x 47.3 cm )
frame: 26 x 21 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 66 x 55.2 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: backing paper label: "William, Son of Alexander Robertson Was born Oct. 10th 1766. Died and was buried at sea 1788"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Alexander Robertson of New York and the brother of Helen Robertson (Mrs. John R. B. Rodgers). This portrait hung for many years in the dining room of the John Bayard Rodgers Verplanck home, Spookfield, at Fishkill on the Hudson River.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
