John Heaviside Clark (c. 1770 – 1863)
John Heaviside Clark was born in Scotland in c.1770. Most of his early working life as a painter and draughtsman was spent in London, where he exhibited at the Royal Academy 1812-32. He was acknowledged for his expertise in etchings and aquatints and often collaborated with Matthew Dubourg, signing simply as “Clark”. He was also known as “Waterloo Clark” from the sketches he made of the battlefield in 1815. He published a book “The Amateur Assistant “ in 1826 in which he describes his invention of a portable diorama.
Clark returned to Scotland and died in Edinburgh in 1863.
The coloured aquatint “The Town of Dumbarton” depicts the town as it looked in 1824.
The Dumbarton Glass Work Company, owned by Messrs Dixon was started in 1776 and produced bottle glass of superior quality until 1845 when sheet glass was made. The firm employed mainly French workers but ceased production in 1850
Work in the Anderson Trust Collection
“The Town of Dumbarton” John Heaviside Clark
coloured aquatint
