Jump to content

User:Aedis1/Art525

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Glass
Born(1820-05-05)5 May 1820
Died12 September 1885(1885-09-12) (aged 65)
NationalityScottish

John Glass (5 May 1820 - 12 September 1885) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

[edit]

His father was William Glass (16 May 1792 - 11 November 1860), an upholsterer from Larbert.

His mother was Sarah Muir (1803 - 1851) from Edinburgh. William and Sarah married on 21 October 1817 in Edinburgh.

John Glass was born on 5 May 1820 in Edinburgh.

Art

[edit]

Death

[edit]

He died on 12 September 1885 in Edinburgh at 6 Orchardfield Place, Edinburgh.[3]

His brother Thomas Lowe Glass had died on 6 November 1883, and his widow Catherine Fontaine Chamberlain (c.1836 - 9 November 1929) then moved in with him. Catherine became the executor of John's estate.

The value of his estate was £368, 8 shillings and 6 pence.

Obit.[4][5]

Works

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18850914/098/0002
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18850914/022/0002
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003208/18850916/017/0002


Category:1820 births Category:1885 deaths Category:Scottish male painters