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Andrew Robertson

Profile & Legacies Summary

1777 - 1845

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Counterclaimed unsuccessfully with his wife Ann Phillips Robertson (q.v.) for the compensation for the enslaved people on Waterford estate in Barbados, she being a legatee of her father Samuel Boxill.

  1. Andrew Robertson is in the ODNB as 'miniature painter', where he is shown as marrying Ann Phillips daughter of Samuel Boxill of Barbados.

Sources

T71/895 Barbados no, 264. Counterclaim from Andrew Robertson, of 19 Berners St, Oxford St, London, and Ann Phillips Robertson (his wife), legatee and annuitant under the will of Samuel (T71/1306 shows Thomas) Boxill, dated 18/04/1812.

  1. ODNB online, V. Remington 'Robertson, Andrew (1777-1845), miniature painter'.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
(1) 'Jenny' (2) Ann Phillips Boxill
Children
With (1), Charles and Edward; with (2) Emily and Samuel Boxill
Occupation
Artist
Oxford DNB Entry
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Associated Claims (1)

Barbados 264 (Waterford)
£2,726 9s 9d
Unsuccessful claimant (Legatee)
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Legacies Summary

Cultural (11)

V & A: Prints, Drawings & Paintings
Portrait miniature of Miss Burnaby Green, dated 1829, watercolour on ivory, painted by Andrew Robertson... 
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Miniature portrait of Captain Alexander Skene (d.1823) by Andrew Robertson (1777-1835), 1805, watercolour on... 
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Portrait miniature, watercolour on paper, depicting an unknown woman, dated 1821, by Andrew Robertson... 
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Oval miniature of a gentleman with black hair, jacket and dark cravat, watercolour on ivory, by Andrew Robertson, 1812, probably... 
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Potrait miniature of an unknown woman, about 1825, painted on ivory by Andrew Robertson... 
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Portrait miniature by Andrew Robertson depicting the Rev. John F. Colls, B.D. Great Britain,... 
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Portrait of Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry. Miniature on ivory by Andrew... 
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Portrait miniature by Andrew Robertson, watercolour on card, depicting the Rev. Edward Irving (1792-1834). Great Britain, 1823. (Irving, a celebrated Scottish clergyman, was condemned by the... 
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Portrait miniature of Dr Donald Mackinnon, by Andrew Robertson. Great Britain,... 
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Oval portrait miniature on ivory attributed to Andrew Robertson depicting an unknown woman. Great Britain, ca.... 
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Portrait of Edward Irving engraved by H. Meyer and A Robertson,... 
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Relationships (1)

Andrew Robertson
Husband → Wife
Ann Phillips Robertson (née Boxill)
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