joseph henderson rsw was a scottish landscape painter, genre painter, portrait painter and marine painter.his genre was particularly painting working men such as shepherds, crofters, pedlars, cobblers, fishermen and farm labourers. however he also painted scottish country and coastal scenery.henderson studied at the trustees academy in edinburgh and started to work as a portrait painter but having done so for about twenty years he discovered his true vocation which was marine painting. he marveled the painting of the sea in all its different conditions and light. he exhibited his work at the…