Tavernor Knott WSA (occasionally written Taverner Knott) (12 May 1816–1890) was a Scottish portrait and genre artist. He was the paternal uncle of Cargill Gilston Knott.
Life
He was born in Aberdeen in 1816 the son of John Knott (b.1754), a music teacher, and his wife Sophia Pelham. His family (including a sister Sophia M. Knott and brother Lavernor Knott) appear to have moved to 2 St Patrick Square in Edinburgh around 1830.
In 1839 Knott is listed as a portrait painter living at 2 St Patrick Square in Edinburgh's South Side. As the main householder it must be presumed that his father was now dead. On 3 May 1878 he is listed as a Master Mason of the Humber Lodge, at that date being affiliated also as a member of the Celtic Lodge (2 Brodie's Close on the Lawnmarket). On 1 December 1879 a page in William Gladstone’s diary indicates that he wrote to Tavernor Knott from Taymouth Castle shortly before visiting Edinburgh. This appears to have led to a commission as a portrait of Gladstone is amongst his known works.
In later life Tavernor's address was 32 York Place in Edinburgh's First New Town.
Historical Compositions
See
- Settlers in the New World (1841)
- Indian Encounter (1841)
- Scottish Emigrants Halting in the Prairie (1841)
References
- "Knott biography".
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1833-34
- Edinburgh and Leith Post office directory 1839-40
- Bill Boland. "Extract from Minutes 1877 - 1893".
- "Excerpts from Gladstone's Diary".
- "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : KING'S COLLEGE LONDON: Secretary's in-correspondence : KA/IC/M1-158".
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1885-86
- "Tavernor Knott Auction Results - Tavernor Knott on artnet".
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