Sir John Watson- Gordon

(1788-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gordon, John Watson-, Sir, 1788-1864 NRA: Gordon Sir John Watson (1788-1864) formerly Watson Knight Painter DNB: Gordon, Sir John Watson- (1788–1864), painter of historical subjects and portraits LBT ID: JoGordo1864 VIAF ID: 58036738 LOC ID: n85028375	B/BAP: 11788 DIED: 1864-06-01
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Scottish portrait painter and president of the Royal Scottish Academy (1850); Sir Walter Scott, John Wilson, and James Hogg were among his subjects.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Watson- Gordon: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1830-31 Found 1: ¶ 57 Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 62 John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 9 May 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 20: 1826-52