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Alexander Wellwood Rattray | |
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| Born | Alexander William Wellwood Rattray 21 July 1849 |
| Died | 17 April 1902 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Alexander Wellwood Rattray (21 July 1849 - 17 April 1902) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]
Life
[edit]His father was Alexander Rattray (25 November 1825 - 21 December 1904), a church minister from Edinburgh.
His mother was Maria Anne Boswell (c. 1829 - 20 December 1855) from Edinburgh. Alexander [Snr] and Maria married on 21 December 1848 in Edinburgh.
Alexander William Wellwood Rattray was born on 21 July 1849 in St. Andrews in Fife. He was baptised on 25 September 1849.
He married 3 times. His first marriage was to Charlotte Ballantyne on 26 October 1870 in Glasgow. They had 3 children. (Charlotte was married before to a musical instrument maker William Cowan. They married in 1856.)
The second marriage was to Jemima Douglas (born 21 July 1858) from Glasgow. They married at Ellengowan House in Kilcreggan on 20 September 1876.[3] They had 2 children.
His last marriage was Annie Weir Drane in Glasgow in 1899.
Art
[edit]Death
[edit]He died on 17 April 1902 at his home 7 Berkley Terrace in Glasgow. His estate was valued at £7271, 1 shilling and 8 pence.[6]
He was buried at Sandymount cemetery in Glasgow.[7]
Works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18760922/043/0004
- ^ https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/artists/560-alexander-william-wellwood-rattray-arsa/overview/
- ^ https://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/people/biog/?bid=Ratt_W&initial=
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/12426:60558
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/183412954:60526
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artists/rattray-alexander-william-wellwood-18491902
Category:1849 births
Category:1902 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters