. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. roposedto represent it. Among his frequent visitors atDuddingston manse were Sir Walter Scott, JohnClerk of Eldin, advocate, afterwards Lord Eldin, THOMSON, 505 REV. JOHN. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and most of the leadingcounsel at the Scottish bar. Clerk, himself nomean artist, used to impress upon him to be boldand resolute in painting, for the very effort atboldness of expression contributed to strengthenthe conception of the mind. His house was alsovisited by every arti
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. roposedto represent it. Among his frequent visitors atDuddingston manse were Sir Walter Scott, JohnClerk of Eldin, advocate, afterwards Lord Eldin, THOMSON, 505 REV. JOHN. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and most of the leadingcounsel at the Scottish bar. Clerk, himself nomean artist, used to impress upon him to be boldand resolute in painting, for the very effort atboldness of expression contributed to strengthenthe conception of the mind. His house was alsovisited by every artist of distinction who came toEdinburgh. Among the rest, Turner, Wilkie, andmost of the great English painters of the day,found their way to Duddingston manse. Notwithstanding his addiction to art, his cleri-cal duties were never neglected, and he keptpace with the science and thought of the other things, he contributed several arti-cles on physical science to some of the earliernumbers of the Edinburgh Review, which weremuch admired at the time, for their clear and vig-orous style. His portrait is subjoined:. Soon alter becoming minister of Dailly, had married a daughter of the Renny, minister of Kilmichael, Ayrshire, bywhom he had a family. His wife having died, hemarried a second time, under circumstances of asomewhat romantic nature. The lady was Spence or Dalrymple, daughter of , the celebrated London dentist, and widow of Mr. Dalrymple of Cleland. She herself was anamateur artist of no mean pretensions. Being ac-cidentally in the shop of a picture dealer in Edin-burgh, she was much struck with a painting ofthe Fall of Foyers. Enquiring the artists name,she was surprised to find that it was the Thomson, for though she had seen several ofhis pictures, she had never beheld any that sothoroughly realized her ideal in landscape. De-sirous of becoming acquainted with an artistwhom she admired so much, she soon found anoppo
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