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Sir John Watson Gordon: A Scottish Master of Light and Portraiture Sir John Watson Gordon (1788 – 1864) stands as a pivotal figure in the transition from Neoclassical portraiture to the atmospheric Tonalism that would define much of 19th-century British art. Born into a family steeped in artistic tradition—his father, Captain James Watson, was a skilled draughtsman and his uncle, George Watson, a respected portraitist – Gordon’s path…
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