Montague Dawson

Montague Dawson was the grandson of British illustrator Henry Dawson and nephew of landscape painter Henry Dawson. With this artistic family, it is not surprising that Montague Dawson began his own paintings and drawings at a young age and was employed as an illustrator by the age of fifteen. The young Dawson would not go on to study art academically, however, but instead learned from the edifying company of revered marine painter Charles Napier Hemy, R.A. Like his mentor, Dawson became a member of the Royal Academy as well as of the Society of Marine Artists.

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