View of Sebastopol taken from the Malakoff
James Robertson
1855
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 24.5 × 30.3 cm (9 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Mount/page: 32 × 40.5 cm (12 5/8 × 16 in.)
Classification
unidentified
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47871
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
James Robertson · 1813–1881
James Downie Robertson, known professionally as James D. Robertson (1931–2010), was a distinguished Scottish painter whose vibrant depictions of the rugged West Coast landscapes profoundly shaped modern Scottish art. Born in Cowdenbeath, Fife, as one of twin boys, his family relocated to Glasgow at the outset of World War II, where he attended Hillhead High School. Robertson studied at the Glasgow...