Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham, Irish watercolour landscape and marine artist painted this painting of 'The Mill near Yarmouth' held by @royalwatercoloursociety
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Thomas Leeson Rowbotham, was born in Dublin on 21 May 1823, the son of an artist and grandson of Thomas Rowbotham, who was associated with the Bath-Bristol theatre company. In about 1835, the Rowbothams moved to London, and his father became Professor of Drawing at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, an institution for the sons of impoverished naval officers – with his son becoming a pupil. While he exhibited three ‘drawings in wax, without oil or watercolour’ at the Royal Academy in 1840, at the age of 17, Thomas turned seriously to art only in 1844, when he undertook a sketching tour of Wales. Similar trips were later made to Scotland, Kent, Ireland, Germany and Normandy. He usually exhibited the results at the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, and would show over 450 works there during his career. Thomas Leeson Rowbotham died at his home, Percy Lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington, London, on 30 June 1875. Despite his popularity, he left his family destitute, and his wife had to sell his remaining works at Christies, on 21 April 1876, in order to raise funds. Of his eight children, Charles Edmund Rowbotham and Claude Hamilton Rowbotham became professional artists, Charles adding figures to his father’s landscapes.
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Credit: The Mill near Yarmouth, Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham © Royal Watercolour Society
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