Biography
Caroline Isabel Robertine Heriot (b. London 1869 - d.Moat Cottage, Fincham, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK 1962) was the daughter of Robert Heriot, who was a senior partner at Hambros bank from the 1860s, living in considerable comfort at 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London and later at 108 St George’s Square, SW1 and had country homes at Mulgrave House, Surrey, and Cliff House, Salcombe, Devon. Heriot studied under Theodore Roussel (1847-1926); she exhibited alongside him and his influence is strongly evident in all her work. She was also in a financial position to act as patron and was eager to prmote his posthumous reputation. In 1927 Robertine and her sister-in-law, Mrs Walter Heriot, purchased Roussel’s famous and controversial painting The Reading Girl (1886-7) from the Stedelijk Museum and presented it to the Tate Gallery in memory of the artist. She also gave one of Roussel’s prints to the British Museum and in 1947 she presented Brighton Museum and Art Gallery with Roussel’s still life, Grey and Silver.
Heriot exhibited at the Goupil Gallery, International Society, London Salon, New English Art Club, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and in Liverpool and Glasgow. She painted portraits, still lifes and landscapes in oil but perhaps is best known for her etchings and colour intaglio prints. A number of her prints are in the collection of the British Museum. Robertine Heriot doied unmarried.
