Artist. The son of a Highland soldier, his education was of the plainest kind, but he eager for culture, and ultimately to become an artist. He studied at the Cork School of Art. In 1825, he made an superepititous of Sir Walter Scott, who having seen him in a bookseller's shop. It was very poular, leading to commissions for portraits. He travelled to London and made a sketch of the younger Kean, which like his portrait of Scott was lithographed and published. He entered the Academy Schools in 1828, and exhibited the Royal Academy in 1829. In 1833, he exhibited two pictures which greatly increased his reputation, and in 1835, the "Chivalric Vow of the Ladies" procured his election as Associate of the Academy, of which he became a full member in 1840. In 1858, he commissioned one of his best projects, "The Meeting of Wellington and Blucler", on the walls of Westminister Palace. He completed the "Death of Nelson" in 1864. His other projects include; "Charles Dickens" (1839) and "The Play-Scence in Hamlet" (1842). He died of acute pneumonia on the 25th April 1870.
Artist. The son of a Highland soldier, his education was of the plainest kind, but he eager for culture, and ultimately to become an artist. He studied at the Cork School of Art. In 1825, he made an superepititous of Sir Walter Scott, who having seen him in a bookseller's shop. It was very poular, leading to commissions for portraits. He travelled to London and made a sketch of the younger Kean, which like his portrait of Scott was lithographed and published. He entered the Academy Schools in 1828, and exhibited the Royal Academy in 1829. In 1833, he exhibited two pictures which greatly increased his reputation, and in 1835, the "Chivalric Vow of the Ladies" procured his election as Associate of the Academy, of which he became a full member in 1840. In 1858, he commissioned one of his best projects, "The Meeting of Wellington and Blucler", on the walls of Westminister Palace. He completed the "Death of Nelson" in 1864. His other projects include; "Charles Dickens" (1839) and "The Play-Scence in Hamlet" (1842). He died of acute pneumonia on the 25th April 1870.
Bio by: s.canning
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