Robert Street (American 1796 to 1865)
Robert Street was a Pennsylvania artist about whose early life and career little is known. In 1815, he exhibited at the PAFA. Within 10 years, he had become a well-known portraitist, and had traveled to Washington, DC and painted Andrew Jackson (a portrait that hung in the White House). In 1840, he mounted a large exhibit at the Arist’s Fund Hall in Philadelphia.
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions November 2004