ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTINA ROBERTSON (NEE SANDERS), HRSA (BRITISH, 1775-1856)

ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTINA ROBERTSON (NEE SANDERS), HRSA (BRITISH, 1775-1856)
Portrait of the Scripps Tudor family, including Mary Heriot Scripps Tudor and three of her children, Mary, Edward and Henry
oil on canvas
140 x 210 cm. (55 1/8 x 82 3/4 in.)

Provenance
Private Collection UK

Group portrait of the Scripps Tudor family, attributed to Christina Robertson (nee Sanders), HRSA 1775-1856. Portrait is of Mary Heriot Scripps Tudor (born 1 August 1798), the wife of Samuel Tudor, of Dowgate Hill, London and three of her eight children, Mary, Edward (unbreeched) and Henry. She was the sister of James Mogg Scripps, whose children set up the Scripps newspaper business in the USA.

Christina Robertson is widely remembered for her portraits of Russian imperial family and her position as the first woman honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy.