Mountain Height engraved artwork John Emslie

John Emslie (18131875) was a British cartographer, artist & bookplate engraver. Emslie was responsible for the design, hand colouring and engraving of education artworks. His art featured on teaching cards, educational posters, published through James Reynolds & Sons of 174 Strand, London. In 1850, Emslie hand painted and engraved a series of 44 charts and posters, in response to the popular demand for information on the developments taking place in science and engineering as a result of the Industrial Revolution. The educational series ran 1850-1860 and covered topics of geology, geography, astronomy and natural philosophy. Emslie was father to artists John Phillipps Emslie (1839–1913), a figure painter, and

Alfred Edward Emslie Alfred Edward Emslie (London 1848–1918) was a British genre and portrait painter, and photographer, living at The Studio, 34, Finchley Road, N. W. Emslie was born in London, and was the son of the engraver, John Emslie (1813–1875), ...

(1848-1918), British genre & portrait painter. He was father-in-law to

Rosalie M. Emslie Rosalie Maria Emslie (née Watson), sometime Mrs. A. E. Emslie (12 March 1854 – 8 January 1932) was a British painter of miniature portraits. Emslie was born in London and became proficient at watercolour painting and attended the Royal Academ ...

(1854-1932), a miniature painter, and grandfather to

Rosalie Emslie Rosalie Emslie (26 January 1891 – 1977) was a British artist known for her landscape and portrait paintings. Biography Emslie was born in London into an artistic family. Her grandfather was the engraver John Emslie while her father was the a ...

(1891-1977) figure, portrait and landscape painter. In 1913, the British Museum received a large collection of his work, donated by J.P. Emslie. His works are collected by the British Museum, Wellcome Collection, and online through Getty Images.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Emslie, John 1813 births 1875 deaths 19th-century British artists