Robert Herdman

Robert Herdman by William Brodie, 1859, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
John Campbell Shairp by Robert Herdman (1886)
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Herdman's house at 12 Bruntsfield Crescent, Edinburgh
Robert Herdman's grave, Grange Cemetery

Robert Inerarity Herdman RSA RSW (17 September 1829 – 10 January 1888) was a Scottish artist specialising in portraiture and historical compositions. He is also remembered for a series of pastoral scenes featuring young girls.[1]

He received commissions from most Scottish city councils, and is work is found in many galleries including the Royal Scottish Academy and National Portrait Gallery, London.

He was elected an Associate of the RSA in 1861 and became a Fellow in 1863. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution in London 1861–1887. He exhibited in Philadelphia in 1876 and Paris in 1878.[2]

  1. ^ "Robert Inerarity Herdman (1829 – 1888, Scottish) | I AM A CHILD". iamachild.wordpress.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Herdman, Robert Inerarity". Oxford Art Online.