Dallas, Elmslie William, 1809-1879 (artist, teacher and photographer)
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1879
Biography
Elmslie William Dallas was born in London on 27 June 1809. After his school years, he settled in Edinburgh, in the centre of the city. His last picture was exhibited in 1858. For some years he was also a teacher in the Edinburgh School of Design there, until his retirement in 1858 on the affiliation of the school with the Science and Art Department. Dallas married late in life (1859) to Jane Fordyce Rose. He died on 26 January 1879 at Deanbank House in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
Dallas's first picture, the interior of a Roman convent, hung in the Royal Academy in 1838. In 1840 he assisted Ludwig Grüner in the decoration of the garden pavilion at Buckingham Palace, painting a series of views of Melrose, Abbotsford, Loch Awe, Aros Castle, and Windermere Lake, in illustration of the writings of Walter Scott. In 1841–2 he first exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy. His major pictures were highly studied interiors and mediæval subjects. He also painted landscapes.
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Correspondence relating to Elmslie William Dallas
The collection is a bundle of Dallas correspondence, often to 'My Dear Aunt' or 'My Dear Lilly'. His aunt may have been Mrs. Sweetland.