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George Heriot

George Heriot (1759 - 1839) was active/lived in Quebec / Canada, United Kingdom.  George Heriot is known for Painting, sketching, illustration, topography, printmaking.

George Heriot (1759 - 1839) (1)

"In fact he was probably Canada's first resident English-speaking artist." - Dennis Reid (2)

"George Heriot was one of the most important landscape artists in Canada in the 19th century." - McCord Museum of Canadian History (3)

An early Canadian painter, draftsman, illustrator, printmaker, topographical artist, author and civil servant, George Heriot was born in Haddington, Scotland; lived in Quebec City, Canada from 1792 to 1816; and died in London, England. His life and work are discussed in dozens of Canadian history and art history books; and hundreds of his paintings, drawings and prints are in the permanent collections of Canadian, American and British museums. (4) 

His most well-known mediums were watercolors, aquatints*, etchings*, ink and pencil; however he did produce some oil paintings in the 1800s. His subjects were portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, figures, interiors, genre*, marine   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 30040 characters.]  Artist bio

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