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MOIR, Andrew Minister of Towie, Methlick, then Ellon, Reverend Mr
(1703-1744)
FORBES, Jean
(1695-1789)
BYRES, Patrick of Tonley, Jacobite 1745
(1713-)
MOIR, Jannet
(About 1709-)
MOIR, George M.A., M.D. of Peterhead, Reverend Dr
(1741-1818)
BYRES, Martha
(About 1739-1816)
MOIR, John Painter
(1775-1857)

 

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MOIR, John Painter 1 2

  • Born: 1775 1 2
  • Died: 1857 1 2

   User ID: Y190.

  General Notes:

John Moir was the fifth son of the Reverend Mr George Moir.

"Moir was the son of the minister of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and the nephew of James Byres, the famous Scottish antiquarian in Rome. Moir was in Edinburgh in 1803, when he was described as a landscape painter. After studying in Italy, he based himself in Edinburgh but he spent part of every year back in the north east. Working mainly as a portrait painter, he seems to have regularly been in financial difficulties. In the 1840s he returned permanently to Peterhead. His sitters include many significant figures from Aberdeenshire area."

from National Galleries Scotland website 1 2


Sources


1 Internet Site, http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/ University of Aberdeen Special Collections MS 2909 Papers of the Moir family of Peterhead.

2 Internet Site, https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/john-moir.

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