William Robertson
(1721-1793), HistorianMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 7 portraits
Historian; he wrote on Scotland, America and India.
by James Tassie
glass paste medallion, 1791
NPG 5800
after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1772)
NPG D39792
by John Dixon, published by John Boydell, and Samuel Hooper, and T. Bradford, and Thomas Burford, and John Dixon, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 December 1772 (1772)
NPG D39793
by John Kay
etching, 1785
NPG D34736
by Thomas Holloway, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, published 20 April 1787 (1772)
NPG D14593
by John Kay
etching, 1790
NPG D5825
by John Kay
etching, 1790
NPG D18657
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