Pettie

Pettie, JOHN, painter, was born at Edinburgh, 17th March 1839, was brought up at East Linton, studied art at Edinburgh, and died at Hastings, 21st February 1893. 'The Prison Pet' was exhibited at Edinburgh in 1859, and 'The Armourers,' at the Royal Academy in 1860. But the first work which showed his characteristic qualities of strong imaginative grasp of his subject, effective composition, and vigorous treatment was the 'Drum-head Court-martial' (1864). Among the hundreds of later pictures, including portraits, may here only be named 'An Arrest for Witchcraft' (1866), 'Scene in the Temple Gardens' (1871), 'Juliet and Friar Laurence' (1874), 'The Death Warrant' (1879), 'The Vigil' (1884), and 'The Chieftain's Candlesticks' (1886). Pettie was elected A.R.A. in 1866, and R.A. in 1873.