MacWhirter

MacWhirter, JOHN, artist, was born in 1839 near Edinburgh. Apprenticed early to a bookseller and publisher, he ran away in disgust, and commenced his artist life. His early studies of wild-flowers at home and abroad were selected by Ruskin as examples for his Oxford class. In 1864 he was elected Associate of the Scottish Academy, in 1879 A.R.A., and in 1893 R.A. He excels in depicting Highland scenery, but one of his most admired works is a view of Constantinople and the Golden Horn (1889). As favourites among his numerous pictures may be mentioned 'The Vangnard,' 'The Lady of the Woods,' 'The Three Graces,' and 'Out in the Cold.'