John Emslie
His art featured on teaching cards, educational posters, published through James Reynolds & Sons of 174 Strand, London. In 1850, Emslie hand painted and engraved a series of 44 charts and posters, in response to the popular demand for information on the developments taking place in science and engineering as a result of the Industrial Revolution. The educational series ran 1850-1860 and covered topics of geology, geography, astronomy and natural philosophy. • Illustration — John Emslie hand-engraved artwork Emslie was father to artists John Phillipps Emslie (1839–1913), a figure painter, and Alfred Edward Emslie (1848-1918), British genre & portrait painter.
John Emslie
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- cartographer · draftsperson · printmaker
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His art featured on teaching cards, educational posters, published through James Reynolds & Sons of 174 Strand, London. In 1850, Emslie hand painted and engraved a series of 44 charts and posters, in response to the popular demand for information on the developments taking place in science and engineering as a result of the Industrial Revolution. The educational series ran 1850-1860 and covered topics of geology, geography, astronomy and natural philosophy. • Illustration — John Emslie hand-engraved artwork Emslie was father to artists John Phillipps Emslie (1839–1913), a figure painter, and Alfred Edward Emslie (1848-1918), British genre & portrait painter.
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He was father-in-law to Rosalie M. Emslie (1854-1932), a miniature painter, and grandfather to Rosalie Emslie (1891-1977) figure, portrait and landscape painter. In 1913, the British Museum received a large collection of his work, donated by J.P. His works are collected by the British Museum, Wellcome Collection, and online through Getty Images.
John Emslie hand-engraved artwork
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John Emslie hand-engraved artwork
John Emslie · https: wellcomecollection.org
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1813
John Emslie born at Newington.
1875
John Emslie died at London.
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John Emslie is recorded as cartographer, draftsperson and printmaker.
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