Bough, Samuel |
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BORN 8 Jan 1822, Carlisle: Abbey Street - DIED 19 Nov 1878, Morningside: Jordan Bank Villa CAUSE OF DEATH prostate cancer GRAVE LOCATION Edinburgh: Dean Cemetery, Dean Path (southern path to the south terrace) |
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Samuel Bough came from a modest family. He was self-taught as a painter but was acquainted with the artists Richard Harrington and George Sheffield. J.M.W. Turner was an important influence. After he failed to set up as an artist in Carlisle he worked as a theatre scenery painter in Manchester in 1845 and after that in Glasgow. Daniel Macnee advised him to take up landscape painting and from 1851 to 1854 he worked in Hamilton. He moved to Port Glasgow in 1854 and to Edinburgh in 1855. There he painted seaports. He also illustrated books. Robert Louis Stevenson was an admirer of his work and Bough painted a view of Stevenson's house at Swanston. In 1877 he suffered from health problems and he had a stroke in January 1878. Later that year he died of prostate cancer. Stevenson wrote an obituary and he was buried at Dean Cemetery. The bronze medallion on his monument was created by William Brodie. Related persons • was painted by Macnee, Daniel • has a connection with McCulloch, Horatio • was influenced by Turner, Joseph Mallord William |
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 The grave of Samuel Bough at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh. Picture by Androom (05 Nov 2019) |
Sources • Sam Bough - Wikipedia (EN) |
