Erskine Nicol - Artist Info

About Erskine Nicol

Name variants

Nicol Erskine, Erskine Nichol
  • Biography

    Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.

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