- 1619
Auguste Edouart (1789-1861)
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Auguste Edouart
- SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT OF THE REVEREND JOHN JACOB ROBERTSON ADDRESSING HIS CONGREGATION
- free-cut black paper on a watercolor ground
- 8 by 11 in.
signed and dated Aug. Edouart fecit, 285 Broadway, N YK, 1845, l.r.
Catalogue Note
John Jacob Robertson (1797-1881) was an Episcopal priest – the first Missionary to be appointed by the Episcopal Church in the United States. He served in Greece and in Turkey from 1829 to 1881. He was rector of Trinity Church in Saugerties, (Ulster) New York from 1859 to 1881.
His son, John Atticus Robertson married Margaret Schenck, in whose family, the silhouette portrait descended.
His son, John Atticus Robertson married Margaret Schenck, in whose family, the silhouette portrait descended.