The Hon. Erskine Nicol, A.R.A., was born at Leith, Scotland, in 1825,
and received his art education in the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh,
under Sir William Allan and Mr. Thomas Duncan. In 1846 he went to reside
in Ireland, where he remained three or four years. It was this residence
in the sister isle which decided the painter's choice of his peculiar
field of representation, for most of his subsequent pictures have been
Irish in subject. From Ireland he returned to Edinburgh, and after
exhibiting for some time, he was ultimately elected a member of the
Royal Scottish Academy. In 1862 he settled in London, and after that
date contributed regularly to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy, of
which body he was elected an Associate in June, 1866.
[Illustration: AGE 19.
_From a Pencil Sketch by Peter Clelland._]
[Illustration: AGE 32.
_From a Photo. by J. G. Tunny, Edinburgh._]
[Illustration: AGE 55.
_From a Photo. by Fradelle & Marshall._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Water Colour Drawing by Himself._]