biografía de J. R. WATSON (XIX)

Lugar de nacimiento: England

Profesión: Amateur watercolorist

Exposiciones: PAFA, 1829 (view on the Schuylkill and a view of Exeter, England)

Comentarios: British naval officer who visited the United States and took several watercolor views, probably shortly before 1820. The Tomb of Washington and the Falls of St. Anthony (MN) in Joshua Shaw's (see entry) Picturesque Views of American Scenery (1819) were after paintings by Captain Watson, R.N. A view of the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia after Captain J.R. Watson appeared in Cephas G. Childs' (see entry) Views of Philadelphia from Original Views Taken in 1827-1830 (1830). The artist may have been Joshua Rowley Watson, born 1772, commissioned post-captain in the Royal Navy in 1798, and on active service at least until 1818.

Fuentes: G&W; Shaw, Picturesque Views; Childs, Views of Philadelphia; Rutledge, PA; DNB [under Rundle Burges Watson]; Admiralty-Office, List of the Flag Officers..., 1818.