Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Nasmyth Alexander A. N. ; sometimes mis-spelled Naesmyth / Nasmit / Nesmyth ; 6 artist daughters & Patrick Nasmyth (1787-1831), ->James Hall Nasmyth (1808-190) inventor of steam hammer, amateur astronomer, draughtsman & photogr. 1758 in Edinburgh 1840 Edinburgh Royal High School & Trustees Academy, apprentice to coachbuilder & painter Allan Ramsay Scotland, UK John Bell (1763-1820): Principles of Surgery (1801-8) ; A. Nasmyth: Researches Structure Diseases of Teeth (1849) ; employed by members of the Scottish nobility in the improvement and beautification of their estates engraver ->Daniel Lizars ; anatomical, topographical and technical drawing (esp. bridges), also landscape painting & portraiture www.library.utoronto.ca/anatomical/RBAI060/0001-0-0.jpg National Galleries of Scotland: www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/n/artist/alexander-nasmyth Encyclopædia Britannica 19 (11th ed.) ; James Nasmyth’s Autobiography (1883) ; 64809910
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