Portrait of Carolina Nairne by John Watson Gordon (1788-1864)
John Watson Gordon · 1818
John Watson Gordon
Kingdom of Great Britain · 1788–1864
Sir John Watson Gordon was a Scottish portrait painter and president of the Royal Scottish Academy. == Life and work == Gordon was born in 1788, in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Captain Watson, R.A., a cadet of the family of Watson of Overmains, in the county of Berwick. He was educated specifically to prepare him for enrolling in the Royal Engineers. He entered as a student in the government school of design, under the management of the Board of Manufactures. he showed a natural aptitude for art, and his father was persuaded to allow him to adopt it as his profession.
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