Douglas Familyincluding severalArtists |
Extract from the Douglas Family Tree including some of the Artists
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© peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
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Douglas Family |
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Thank you to Sally E Douglas, Melbourne, Australia, great-grand-daughter of Gabriel Douglas 1822, for emailing some Douglas family details to me, from which I was able to compile this part of the family tree. The dates in this chart are dates of birth. I have included:
- names of the
artists and photographers (lines 3 and 4 of the chart) Many of the other un-named people in the chart were clock and watch-makers. Please see below for brief details of the persons named in this chart. |
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John Douglas |
- Master Clock + Watch-maker, Jedburgh, |
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Walter Douglas |
- Master Clock + Watch-maker |
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Gabriel Douglas |
- Watchmaker |
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John Douglas |
- Master Clock + Watch-maker and Jeweller |
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Gabriel Douglas |
- Watchmaker & Jeweller, Lanarkshire - Born. Muirkirk, Ayrshire - Died, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1902 |
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John Douglas |
- Portrait Painter, Photographer and possible snuff box painter, Ayrshire - Born Dollar, Clackmannanshire - Photographer, Glasgow, 1861 |
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UPDATES Since I drew the family tree above, I have been told of more photographers in John's family. John had 6 sons; 4 were photographers:
- Walter Douglas 1835 Old Cumnock,
Ayrshire,
- Thomas Lorimer Douglas 1841
- John Douglas c1844 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire - Robert Douglas c1846 Ireland
- William Douglas c1840 Glasgow, Lanark
- Arthur Douglas 1856 Blytheswood, Glasgow |
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James Douglas |
- Portrait and Subject Painter + Picture Restorer - Painted Lord Melville, Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Strathmore, Earl of Moray - Lived at: - 9 and 80 Hill Square, Edinburgh (between 1835 and 1860). - Grange Loan, Edinburgh (1871). - Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey (1872). - 17 Clyde Road, Croydon, Surrey (1881) - Born, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire - Studied RSA, 1841-44 - Exhibited RSA, 1837-43 - Died, Croydon, Surrey, March 17, 1888 Sally also told me about three paintings by James Douglas that she has. They are of: - John Douglas c.1750 (the artist's grandfather) painted around 1826. - James Douglas 1810 (self portrait), painted in 1830. - Edwin James Douglas 1848 (the artist's son), painted at a later date.. |
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Walter |
- Photographer - Died 1868 |
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UPDATE Also, Andrew Gibson, direct descendant of John Douglas 1813 Dollar, Clackmannan (Clackmannon) writes: - Walter Douglas, 1835, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, was an Artist as well as being a Photographer |
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Edwin James Douglas |
- Sports, Animal, Genre and Portrait Painter + Engraver. - Painted Sporting, Animal and Genre subjects, in the style of Landseer. - Born, Edinburgh 1848. - Lived at:
- 80 Hill Square, Edinburgh (1851). - Married Christiana Maria Martin at the Parish Church, Bridge, Kent (1874). - Died Thackenham, Sussex, Oct 22, 1914. - Studied RSA, 1866-68. - Exhibited RSA, 1869-1900. Thank you to Sally Douglas for telling me about Valerie Martin's web site that includes a photo of Edwin James Douglas and a photo of one of his portraits exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1894. |
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Guendolen Blanche Douglas 1877-1903 |
Painter, (not
shown on the chart). |
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Marguerite Lora Douglas 1885-1963 |
Painter,
France (not shown on the chart). |
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Georgina Douglas |
- Painter, Helensburgh, 1885 |
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Other Painters named Douglas Glasgow |
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Sally mentioned two other references to Douglas painters. Both are mentioned in The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts 1861-98 published by Woodland Press, 1990. have not been able to place these on the family tree above. |
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John Douglas |
- Painter, Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1900-25 |
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Thomas H Douglas |
- Painter, Glasgow, 1877 Question: Was he the same person as T H Douglas, Edinburgh, professional photographer, 1868-71? Answer: Andy Gibson believes that these were one and the same person, by the addresses. He is checking the census records. |
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Other Painters named Douglas Edinburgh |
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Sally also mentioned other Douglas artists including the following. All are listed in the "World Dictionary of Artists" [source: Victoria and Albert Museum] : I have not been able to place these on the family tree above. |
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Andrew Douglas |
Animal and Landscape Painter, Edinburgh, |
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Archibald Ramsay Douglas |
Miniature Painter, Edinburgh |
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Harry Douglas |
Painter, Edinburgh |
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William Douglas |
Miniature Painter, |
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William Fettes Douglas |
Landscape, History and Genre Painter, |
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Acknowledgement |
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Thank you to Sally E Douglas for sending me e-mails on December 12 and December 17, 2006 including some information provided by The Royal Scottish Academy. I used the details in the email to compile the family tree above. Sally mentioned that she has copies of 3 paintings, all by James Douglas 1810. Thank you to Sally for telling me about the three portraits that she has by James Douglas (above) and for sending me further emails on artists named Douglas, in December 2006 and January 2007, and October 2008. Unfortunately, as the main subject of The EdinPhoto web site is the history of photography in Edinburgh, it is not practical for me to add all the information that Sally has sent me about the Douglas paintings to the web site. |
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The Douglas Family
- Great-grand-daughter of Gabriel Douglas
1822-1902, Muirkirk, Ayrshire,
- Grand-daughter of Gabriel (also known as Gilbert) Douglas
1869-1946,
- Daughter of Gilbert Eric Douglas (known as Eric) Douglas
1902-1970, Eric was Group Captain RAAF, Flying Instructor, Test Pilot, Inventor, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineer, Antarctic Explorer, Yachtsman, Skier, Artist, Photographer. Here are a couple of pages from an autograph book from the British, Australian & New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1930, featuring sketches by Eric Douglas: Pages from an Autograph Album - 1930 Page 1
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Sally E Douglas, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Pages from an Autograph Album - 2 Page 2
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Sally E Douglas, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Acknowledgement: Sally E Douglas, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 2006/7/8 and July 10+5, 2014 |
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Please keep scrolling down to find links to more 'Douglas' pages |
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Thomas Harigad Douglas |
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Douglas Family |
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Stereo Views - Donaldson's Hospital and Calton Jail - enlargements |
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Stereo Views - Donaldson's Hospital and Calton Hill - pairs of photographs |