David Ramsay Sellars | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1854 |
| Died | 15 August 1922 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
David Ramsay Sellars (28 April 1854 - August 1922) was a Scottish painter and bootmaker.[1][2]
Life
edit1861 census - 25 Long Wynd, Dundee[3]
1871 census - 36 Long Wynd, Dundee[4]
1881 census - 28 Long Wynd, Dundee[5]
1891 census - 26 Long Wynd, Dundee - artist[6]
1901 census - 19 Middle Street, Dundee - artist[7]
1843-99 PO directory - 15 Castle Street, Edinburgh[8]
1878-1910 PO directory - 124 Hilltown[9]
His father was John Sellars (born c. 1819) from Dundee.
His mother was Isabella Webster (born c. 1821) from Dundee. John and Isabella married on 16 July 1848 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
David Ramsay Sellars was born on 28 April 1854 in Musselburgh.[10]
He married Ann Jack. They married on 4 December 1874 in Dundee.[11]
The couple had two children, but only one survived.[12]
The marriage did not last. Sellars divorced Jack on the grounds of her adultery; the case going to the Court of Session in 1885. Jack had registered a child at the Glasgow registry saying that her husband was not the father to the registrar. The child was marked as illegitimate on the register. Sellars said that his wife regularly attended public houses and neglected the home. She left Sellars in 1880 saying that she had no interest in him, and that he should take no more interest in her.[13][14] [15]
Art
editDeath
editHe died in August 1922 in Dundee.
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1080/records/3034624
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1104/records/1185927
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1119/records/364139
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1108/records/1728985
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1101/records/3472352
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62491/records/21537180?tid=&pid=&queryid=22e06e58-6606-4af3-9dd8-291e6d7e54c9&_phsrc=rQq2397&_phstart=successSource
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62491/records/21369652?tid=&pid=&queryid=22e06e58-6606-4af3-9dd8-291e6d7e54c9&_phsrc=rQq2397&_phstart=successSource
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/records?recordId=25915530&collectionId=60143&tid=&pid=&queryId=3fc12ae4-074b-44ae-bd2f-84ecd6a812f5&_phsrc=rQq2391&_phstart=successSource
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60144/records/3526612
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/29820110/person/12215874032/facts
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850604/004/0002
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850627/011/0002
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000162/18850629/046/0004
- ^ https://www.antiqart.co.uk/product/david-ramsay-sellars-watercolour-passing-shower/
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19220817/061/0004
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002692/19220818/035/0002
Category:1855 births
Category:1922 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters