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William Simson (1800-47) Exhibits in 1821, in the Glasgow Institution for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the West of Scotland

General

William Simson exhibited four works in the 1821 exhibition:

No. 33   Itinerant Piper

No. 172  Landscape, with Cattle

No. 173  Scene at Newhaven

No. 176  Fisherrow Harbour

 

The artist’s address is listed in the catalogue: Edinburgh

Date

1821

Glasgow Trained
Glasgow Based
Artists from other cities, exhibiting in Glasgow

William Simson. Born in Dundee, Simson trained under Andrew Wilson (c. 1775-1848) at the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh, and was a versatile painter of landscapes and coastal scenes.

Exhibitions

Glasgow Institution for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the West of Scotland, 1821.

Venues

Mr. Finlay’s Gallery, 2 South Maxwell Street, Glasgow.

Publications

Glasgow Institution for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the West of Scotland, 1821 Exhibition Catalogue.

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