Early Life, Family and Training Jessie MacGregor was born in Liverpool to a Scottish father, Alexander, and a mother, Sarah. She grew up in a large household, sharing a home with an older brother and seven younger siblings. Her early years were shaped by the steady presence of her grandfather, Andrew Hunt, a landscape painter who ran a drawing academy in Liverpool. It was here that Jessie MacGregor first learned the fundamentals of drawing, picking up the tools and techniques under his guidance. While her grandfather provided the foundation for her drawing, her mother introduced her to the s…