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!omas Lindsay NWS (1793-1861)
Sketch from Rathmines, near Dublin
Watercolour, 13 x 35.5cm (5 x 14”)
Inscribed verso ‘Sketch from Rathmines June 1850’
Born in London in1793, !omas Lindsay was best known as a watercolourist, working
&rst at Mile End, then at Greenwich. He painted river landscapes and nature views
throughout London, with a particular fondness for sunset scenes. In 1833 he was elected
one of the early members of the New Watercolour Society and exhibited 347 works
there between the years of 1833 and 1861. He is also known to have exhibited four wa-
tercolours of London scenes at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1833/4. Lindsay
eventually settled near Brecon in 1848 and is best known for his portrayals of Welsh
landscapes that characterised his later years. As can be seen by the locations and dates
Lindsay obviously made an extended summer break in Ireland between June and Sep-
tember 1850. Lindsay passed away on the 23rd January 1861 at his residence in Cusop,
Herefordshire. His work is held in the V&A collections in London.
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