Set in the original navette-shaped gold locket frame, the glazed reverse revealing plaited hair surrounded by a belt of hair.

2 11/16 inches (6.8 cm) high.

Andrew Robertson , M.A. (1777-1845) considered one of the finest and most influential miniaturists of the 19th century, served as miniature painter to the Duke of Sussex. Additionally, his distinguished clientele included George IV, Princess Amelia, The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, Benjamin West, Sir Thomas Lawrence and John Trumbull.  Robertson, a native of Edinburgh,  first took instruction by letter from his older brothers, Archibald and Alexander, who had moved to New York. This fascinating correspondence is now in the collection of the Rosenbach Museum, Philadelphia.  Robertson then studied with Sir Henry Raeburn before moving to London in 1801. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1802-1842. Robertson also taught; his pupils included Frederick Cruickshank and Sir William Charles Ross. His work may be seen at the Victoria  & Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, London, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Yale Art Gallery , The Cincinnati Art Museum and The Collection of Her Majesty The Queen.