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William Sinclair | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 April 1840 |
| Died | 4 July 1879 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
William Sinclair (c. 1840 - 4 July 1879) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]
Life
[edit]1851 census - 17 London Street, Edinburgh[3]
1860 10 North St. David Street, Edinburgh
1861 census - 26 Warriston Crescent, Edinburgh[4]
1861 27 Warriston Crescent, Edinburgh
1862 16 Picardy Place, Edinburgh
1863 30 St. James Square, Edinburgh
1865 26 Pitt Street, Edinburgh
1868 12 South Castle Street, Edinburgh
1869 2 Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh
1871 census - 2 Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh - Landscape painter and teacher of drawing[5]
1873 16 Hart Street, Edinburgh
His father was William Sinclair [Snr] (born c. 1815), a commission merchant from Edinburgh.
His mother was Jane Duncan Andrews (baptised 27 March 1814 - 31 January 1866) from Holborn in London.[6] She was the daughter of the Dundee based portrait painter David Robert Andrews from England. William and Jane married at 3 Hope Street, Edinburgh on 27 March 1838.[7]
William Sinclair was born c.1840 in Edinburgh.[8]
He first married Marion Doig Smith (c. 1830 - 9 August 1865) of Edinburgh. They married on 13 July 1864 in Edinburgh. She died shortly after the birth of their daughter.
He then married the artist Sophia Margaret Paton (c. 1840 - 17 March 1895) from Selkirk.[9] They married on 16 March 1868 in Edinburgh.[10]
Art
[edit]Death
[edit]He died on 4 July 1879 in Edinburgh. His estate was valued at £186, 9 shillings and 6 pence.[11]
Works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1076/records/3319845
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1080/records/1237492
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1104/records/4453845
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000047/18660202/024/0004
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18380405/034/0003
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/16867993/person/252528743954/facts
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/16867993/person/252528880483/facts
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60144/records/2939741
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60558/records/109929
Category:1840 births
Category:1879 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters