Burt, Albin Roberts
Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
born 01.12.1783, Chancery Lane, London. bapt. 17.12.1783, St. Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, London
Date and place of death:
dec. 16.03.1842, 3 Conduit St., Reading, Berks. bur. 20.03.1842, St. Giles, Reading, Berks
Worked:
(fl) ca. 1805-1841
Known places of work:
London, Bath, Worcester, Birmingham, Warwick, Chester, Southampton, Oxford, Reading
Known techniques:
Painted on paper, card, Bristol Board and ivory. Used 'Physiognotrace' machine to trace the outline of sitters' profiles
Known materials:
Paper, card, Bristol Board and ivory
Frames:
Papier-mâché, reeded ebonised wood, maplewood
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
An engraver, portrait painter and son of a London grocer, ALBIN ROBERTS BURT (1783-1842), though crafting few silhouettes, painted a considerable number of mostly creditable coloured profile miniatures and coloured full-length compositions. By and large an itinerant artist, he would settle for the remaining 12 years of his life in Reading, Berkshire.
To be continued.
Additional research about Albin Roberts Burt:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Burt, Albin Roberts (McKechnie Section 2)Burt, Albin Roberts (McKechnie Section 6)
Source: Joll (Hon. Secretary of the Silhouette Collectors Club and Editor of the Club's newsletter)
Burt, Albin Roberts (SCC Newsletter January 2009)