Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts, Mary | 
Mary
Roberts (died 1761) was an American miniaturist active in Charleston, South
Carolina in the 1740s and 1750s. One of the earliest American miniaturists, and
the first woman recorded as working in the medium in the American colonies,[1]
she is also believed to have painted the first watercolor-on-ivory miniature in
the... | Active ca. 1745 - 1755 | Anonymous | 10/15/2012 |
| Randall, A.M. |
No
information on the artist has been located. The artist's name and active date
of 1777 come from the inscription on the National Gallery's painting Basket of
Fruit with Parrot (1980.62.20). While it is possible that this is an English
painting, it probably was produced in America by an artist copying a European
still life, or more likely, a... | Active ca. 1777 | Anonymous | 11/02/2013 |
| Robertson, Archibald |
ROBERTSON,
ARCHIBALD (1765–1835), miniature-painter, born at Monymusk
in Scotland on 8 May 1765, was eldest son of William Robertson of Drumnahoy, near Aberdeen, and Jean Ross, his wife; Andrew
Robertson [q. v.] was his brother. He was educated at Aberdeen, and received
his first instruction in drawing from a deaf-and-dumb artist. In 1786 he... | 1765 - 1835 | Anonymous | 04/13/2012 |
| Robinson, John | 1774 - ca. 1829 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 | |
| Robertson, Andrew | 1777 - 1845 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 | |
| Rogers, Nathaniel |
Nathaniel
Rogers gained his fame painting miniature portraits in New York City, but had
well-established roots on eastern Long Island. He was born in Bridgehampton on August
1, 1787, the son of John T. Rogers, a farmer, and Sarah Brown, the eldest daughter
of the second Presbyterian minister in Bridgehampton, James Brown. Within the
family he was... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Ropes Jr., George |
George
Ropes, born in Salem, Massachusetts, on 15 May 1788, was a deaf mute. He was
one of nine children of a sea captain, George Ropes, Sr., and Seethe (Millet)
Ropes and had one sister who suffered from the same affliction as he. The
artist lived in Salem almost his entire life, except for the years 1798 to
1801, when his father decided to try... | 1788 - 1819 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Read, James B. | 1803 - 1870 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 | |
| Rindisbacher, Peter |
Peter Rindisbacher (12 April 1806 – 12 August or 13 August
1834) was a North American artist who specialized in watercolors and
illustrations dealing with First Nation tribes of mid-Western Canada and the
United States, mostly depictions of the Anishinaabe,
Cree, and Sioux, usually in group action or genre scenes.[1]
He seldom did individual... | 1806 - 1834 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Russell, Mrs. Moses B. |
Clarissa Peters was born in Februay 1809 in Andover, Massachusetts. While little is known about her early life, it is believed that she taught at the Blue Hill Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. By 1835 she was working in Boston as a miniaturist and giving instruction. In 1839 she married Moses Baker Russell, who was also a miniaturist and instructor.
Even... | 1809 - 1854 | Anonymous | 12/23/2012 |
