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Lorimer, John Henry, 1856-1936 (Scottish painter)

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 1856 - 1936

Biography

John Henry Lorimer was born to parents Hannah Stodart Lorimer (1835-1916) and James Lorimer (1818-1890) in 1856. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, University of Edinburgh, and Royal Scottish Academy. He travelled throughout Europe, including Spain, Italy and Algiers. John Henry, often nicknamed 'JH' by family members, was a successful artist whose paintings were featured at the Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Academy. His oil painting 'The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk' hangs at the National Gallery of Scotland. Many of his paintings portray the Lorimer family's summer home, Kellie Castle in Pittenweem, Fife.

John Henry Lorimer's siblings were: James Lorimer (1852-1898), Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer) (1854-1947), Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) (1857-1946), Caroline Louise Lorimer (1861-1946), and Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864-1929).

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of Last Will and Testament of John Henry Lorimer, 14 July 1936

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Copy of Last Will and Testament of John Henry Lorimer dated 14 July 1936.

Dates: 14 July 1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from Gillespie & Paterson to Miss E. B. Chalmers [Esther Barbara Chalmers], c 1937

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter in English from Gillespie & Paterson [lawyers] to Miss E. B. Chalmers [Esther Barbara Chalmers] on the subject of the division of John Henry Lorimer's assets dated c. 1937.

Dates: c 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from Hannah Stodart Lorimer to unknown recipient, 9 December 1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter from Hannah Stodart Lorimer to unknown recipient on family updates of John Henry and Janet Alice Lorimer dated 9 December 1893.

Dates: 9 December 1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from John Henry Lorimer to Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer), 30 April 1882

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Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Letter in English from John Henry Lorimer to Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) on the subject of the display of one of his portraits in the Great Room at the Royal Academy, dated 30 April 1882.

Dates: 30 April 1882
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from John Henry Lorimer to unknown, c.1920

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter in English from John Henry Lorimer to unknown on the subject of selling his art for various prices, undated.

Dates: c.1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from unknown sender signed "H. M. S." to unknown recipient, c 1897

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Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter from unknown sender signed "H. M. S." to unknown recipient on the subject of John Henry Lorimer offering himself as a candidate for election for an academy though he was unsupported, undated c. 1897.

Dates: c 1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from unknown sender to possibly Caroline Louise Lorimer, c 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter in English from unknown sender possibly to Caroline Louise Lorimer on the subject of visitors to the sender's home and calling upon friends houses dated Monday evening c. 1886.

Dates: c 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete Letter from unknown sender to unknown recipient, late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter from John Henry Lorimer to unknown recipient on the subject of a proposed trip around Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands dated late 19th century.

Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Incomplete letter from unknown sender to unknown recipient, c 1906

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter from an unidentified sender to an unidentified recipient on the subject of a nicely decorated house and John Henry Lorimer's pictures dated c. 1906.

Dates: c 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Last Will and Testament of John Henry Lorimer, 12 November 1936

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Last Will and Testament of John Henry Lorimer dated 12 November 1936.

Dates: 12 November 1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters