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See also:GORDON, See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:WATSON (1788—1864) , Scottish painter, was the eldest son of See also:Captain Watson, R.N., a See also:cadet of the See also:family of Watson of Overmains, in the See also:county of See also:Berwick. He was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh in 1788, and was educated specially with a view to his joining the Royal See also:Engineers. He entered as a student in the See also:government school of See also:design, under the management of the See also:Board of Manufactures. His natural See also:taste for See also:art quickly See also:developed itself, and his See also:father was persuaded to allow him to adopt it as his profession. Captain Watson was himself a skilful draughtsman, and his See also:brother See also:George Watson, after-wards See also:president of the Scottish See also:Academy, stood high as a portrait painter, second only to Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Raeburn, who also was a friend of the family. In the See also:year 18o8 John sent to the See also:exhibition of the See also:Lyceum in See also:Nicolson See also:Street a subject from the See also:Lay of the Last See also:Minstrel, and continued for some years to exhibit See also:fancy subjects; but, although freely and sweetly painted, they were altogether without the force and See also:character which stamped his portrait pictures as the See also:works of a See also:master. After the See also:death of Sir Henry Raeburn in 1823, he succeeded to much of his practice. He assumed in 1826 the name of Gordon. One of the earliest of his famous sitters was Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott, who sat for a first portrait in 182o. Then came J. G. See also:Lockhart in 1821; See also:Professor See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, 1822 and 185o, two portraits; Sir See also:Archibald See also:Alison, 1839; Dr See also:Chalmers, 1844; a little later De Quincey, and Sir See also:David See also:Brewster, 1864. Among his most important works may be mentioned the See also:earl of See also:Dalhousie (1833), in the Archers' See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, Edinburgh; Sir See also:Alexander See also:Hope (1835), in the county buildings, See also:Linlithgow; See also:Lord President Hope, in the See also:Parliament See also:House; and Dr Chalmers. These, unlike his later works, are generally See also:rich in See also:colour. The full length of Dr See also:Brunton (1844), and Dr See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee, the See also:principal of the university (1846), both on the See also:staircase of the See also:college library, See also:mark a modification of his See also:style, which ultimately resolved itself into extreme simplicity, both of colour and treatment.
During the last twenty years of his See also:life he painted many distinguished Englishmen who came to Edinburgh to sit to him. And it is significant that David See also:Cox, the landscape painter, on being presented with his portrait, subscribed for by many See also:friends, See also:chose to go to Edinburgh to have it executed by Watson Gordon, although he neither knew the painter personally nor had ever before visited the See also:country. Among the portraits painted during this See also:period, in what may be termed his third style, are De Quincey, in the See also:National Portrait See also:Gallery, See also:London; See also:General Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Macdougall See also:Brisbane, in the Royal Society; the See also:prince of See also:Wales, Lord See also:Macaulay, Sir M. Packington, Lord See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray, Lord See also:Cockburn, Lord See also:Rutherford and Sir John See also:Shaw Lefevre, in the Scottish National Gallery. These latter pictures are mostly clear and See also:grey, sometimes showing little or no See also:positive colour, the flesh itself being very grey, and the handling extremely masterly, though never obtruding its cleverness. He was very successful in rendering acute observant character. A See also:good example of his last style, showing pearly flesh-See also:painting freely handled, yet highly finished, is his See also:head of Sir John Shaw Lefevre.
John Watson Gordon was one of the earlier members of the Royal Scottish Academy, and was elected' its president in 185o; he was at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time appointed limner for See also:Scotland to the See also:queen, and received the See also:honour of See also:knighthood. Since 1841 he had been an See also:associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1851 he was elected a royal academician. He died on the 1st of See also:June 1864.
End of Article: GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)
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