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John MacWhirter

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He married Catherine ('Katie') Cowan Menzies (b. 1843) in 1872, her brother-in-law the Rev. James McFarlan officiating. The couple lived at 1 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood in the 1870s, and had two daughters and two sons:
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and John Ballantyne (1815–97). He spent long periods sketching and studying nature outdoors. His first painting to be exhibited at the
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MacWhirter specialised in romantic landscapes with a great fondness for trees, spending much time in the hilly countryside of
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being a great inspiration. He moved to London in 1867 and on 4 May 1893 was elected a
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at age 14, was 'Old Cottage at Braid'. In 1880, he was made an Honorary Member of the
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Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
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Photographic portrait of John MacWhirter (between circa 1889 and circa 1891)
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MacWhirter has paintings in several British Collections including
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John was the third of four children. One of his elder sisters,
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John MacWhirter (physician)
John McWhirter (disambiguation)


Royal Academy
RA
Slateford
Edinburgh
London
Agnes MacWhirter
still lifes
Colinton
Edinburgh
Trustees Academy
Robert Scott Lauder
Royal Scottish Academy
Royal Scottish Academy
Alps
Royal Academician

MacWhirter by J. P. Mayall from “Artists at Home,” published 1884
Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Perthshire
John Everett Millais
Pre-Raphaelites
John Pettie
Waller H. Paton
Charles Sims
Royal Holloway University of London
Derby Art Gallery

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