b. 7 June 1799. d. 2 May 1868. Nationality: English.
Marine painter. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Worked as s shipbuilder
for his father before pursuing art as a career. Exhibited at the Northumberland Institution
for the Promotion of the Fine Arts. Specialized in marine subjects and the landscape
of Newcastle changing during the industrial revolution. Married Mary Sweet on 20 March
1826. Moved to London in 1846. Contributed illustrations of the Crimean War for the
*Illustrated London News* (1855). Author of *The Art of Marine Painting in Water Colours*
(1859) and *The Art of Marine Painting in Oil Colours* (1864). Biographical information:
Wood 82, *ODNB*. (AC, CC)