George Watson (1767-1837)

Aliases: George (1767) Watson

Professions: Portrait painter

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  GEORGE WATSON, P.R.S.A. 1767-1837

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  George Watson (1767-1837) Dr Alexander Wood

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  - George Watson (1767-1837) Portrait of Mr Warner of Bath (Offered Without Reserve)

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  GEORGE WATSON, P.R.S.A. 1767-1837

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George Watson Biography

(b nr Greenlaw, Borders, 1767; d Edinburgh, 24 Aug 1837). Scottish painter. He was taught by Alexander Nasmyth in Edinburgh and in the studio of Joshua Reynolds in London before 1787, after which he established himself as a professional portrait painter in Edinburgh. During the next 40 years he painted over a hundred portraits; a large number of these remain unrecorded in family hands although many were also engraved. He also produced some figure subjects, such as A Young Female Artist (1813; Dunrobin Castle, Highland).

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