John Knox (1778–1845) was a 19th-century Scottish landscape artist who painted in the style of

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. He is noted for adopting unusual positions from which to paint, such as mountaintops.John Knox
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Life

Knox was born the son of John Knox in 1778. His family moved to

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in 1799. He is thought to be the "John Knox Jr, portrait painter" mentioned in the 1810 Glasgow Post Office Directory living at 34 Miller Street. He taught

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and

Daniel Macnee Sir Daniel Macnee FRSE PRSA LLD (4 June 1806, Fintry, Stirlingshire – 17 January 1882, Edinburgh), was a Scottish portrait painter who served as president of the Royal Scottish Academy (1876). Life He was born at Fintry in Stirlingshir ...

.John Knox
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Known Works

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'' (c.1810) - Georgian House Museum,

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*''Old Glasgow Bridge'' (1817) *''The First Steamboat on the Clyde'' (c.1820) *''South-Western View of

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'' (1834) *''Landscape with Tourists at

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*''The Head of

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, Arran'' *''The Cloch Lighthouse'' *''Lake District Scene'' *''View of

Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ...

'' *''Seascape with Lighthouse'' *''The Road Home -

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References

1778 births 1845 deaths Scottish landscape artists {{UK-artist-stub