Christina Robertson RSA (née Saunders; 17 December 1796 – 30 April 1854) was a Scottish painter generally remembered for her portraits of Russian imperial family, representative of Academical tradition.

[2] She was trained by her uncle, George Sa(u)nders, who painted miniatures[2] and she launched into her career based at his house in London.

[1] Saunders was a successful portrait painter and she rapidly established a flow of commissions initially from Scottish patrons for her miniatures but later for oil and watercolour paintings, earning more than her mentor.

[5] During the Crimean War, Robertson fell from both imperial favour; virtually obscure, she died in Saint Petersburg,[4] and is buried in the Volkovo Cemetery.

[2] Robertson left dozens of paintings that are important if only because they record the portraits of historic figures, but many were thought to have been destroyed by Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution.