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Artist:
Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02  Search this
Copy after:
Gilbert Stuart, born Saunderstown, Rhode Island Colony (now North Kingstown, RI) 1755-died Bosto  Search this
Sitter:
Lawrence Reid Yates  Search this
Medium:
watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) oval
Type:
Painting-Miniature
Date:
ca. 1794
Luce Center Label:
Lawrence Reid Yates (died 1796) was a New York merchant who had his portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart. Walter Robertson, who came to the United States at Stuart’s urging, often copied in miniature his mentor’s paintings, and this image of Yates is such a copy. The full-scale portrait hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and was painted in 1793 or 1794. A miniature of Richard Yates’s wife, by an unknown artist, is also in this collection <b>[see 1956.1.2]</b>.
Topic:
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Object number:
1956.1.3
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71fe1dbd5-5737-4ce5-a50f-fe5a4b4f84b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1956.1.3