Percy Robertson

Percy Robertson was a British painter and engraver (1868–1934).

Percy Robertson in brief

Born
1868
Died
1934
Known for
painter and engraver
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Catalogued works

16 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1855 to 1990.

Interior of the (Russian) Barrack Battery, Showing Mantelets, dated 1855, salted paper print, from the album "photographs taken in the crimea" (1856), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1969.453. Child's Crib Quilt, dated c. 1950, appliquéd and embroidered quilt; dyed and undyed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton embroidery threads, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1967.665. Interior of the Redan, dated 1855, albumen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1974.499x. Horse Guards, Whitehall, etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1920.129. St. Paul's, etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1920.126. Guildhall, etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1920.127. Waterloo Bridge, etching and aquatint, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1920.128. Windsor Castle, etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1920.125. The early history of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children : Sydney, 1880 to 1905 / [Percy Leslie Hipsley]., dated [1952], held by Wellcome Collection. 'Correspondence and reports on leishmaniasis' I, dated 1967-1968, held by Wellcome Collection. 'Correspondence re Shute and Horton Public Health Laboratory Service Malaria Ref Lab. III, dated 1972-1973, held by Wellcome Collection. R P Cooper's Collection of Pictures, dated 1901, held by Wellcome Collection. The Percy anecdotes / collected and edited by Reuben and Sholto Percy [pseud.]., dated pref. 1868, held by Wellcome Collection. Honours: 'Royal Society' [Election as Fellow], dated 1964, held by Wellcome Collection. "At Duty's Call" [Employees of McDougall Bros Ltd who served with H M Forces during World War I], dated [c1920], held by Wellcome Collection. McGill medical luminaries / by Edward H. Bensley., dated [1990], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 15 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Robertson, Percy, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Robertson, Howard Percy, SpringerReference. Robertson, Howard Percy (1903-1961), mathematical physicist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Robertson, Howard Percy, Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2014. Robertson, Howard Percy, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2007.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Guildhall — Internet Archive. Horse Guards, Whitehall — Internet Archive. Windsor Castle — Internet Archive. St. Paul's — Internet Archive. Waterloo Bridge — Internet Archive.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1868Percy Robertson born.
  2. 1934Percy Robertson died.
  3. 1950Child's Crib Quilt (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Robertson, Howard Percy (1903-1961), mathematical physicist, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Robertson, Howard Percy, Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Robertson, Howard Percy, SpringerReference

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Robertson, Howard Percy, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Robertson, Percy, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 5 digitised items catalogued under Percy Robertson as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Percy Robertson.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Percy Robertson.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  9. 9.

    VIAF cluster 102976029 for Percy Robertson, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 15 works naming Percy Robertson.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    “Percy Robertson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  12. 12.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q19800069: Percy Robertson

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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Elsewhere in Prints

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