This biography is republished from The Dictionary of Irish Biography and was written by Ruth Devine. Shared by permission in line with Creative Commons ‘Attribution’ (CC BY) licencing.
Born: 1795, Ireland
Died: After 1835
Country most active: Ireland
Also known as: Clementina Siree
Clementina Robertson (1795–p. 1853), born in Dublin, was a miniature-painter, trained by her father. She was very competent, painting a little in the manner of her father, and exhibited (1812–17) with the Society of Artists. She married (1830) a medical student, John Siree, who died (1835) of a fever in Fleet St., aged 35. Fortunately she was able to support herself with her miniature-portrait practice, and she taught music, languages, and drawing. She exhibited five portraits with the RHA (1826) and three more (1828) from an address in Summerhill, Dublin, and as ‘Mrs Siree’ exhibited a ‘portrait of a young lady’ (1831) from an address at 10 Russell St. A portrait by her of her husband is in the NGI. In 1853 she was living at 3 Westland Row; it is thought she died soon after.