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2 unusual facts about James Eckford Lauder


James Lauder

James Eckford Lauder, mid-Victorian Scottish artist, famous for both portraits and historical pictures

Silvermills

John Lauder of Silvermills (d. July 28, 1838), owner of the tannery, and father to the famous brother artists Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869) and James Eckford Lauder (1811-1869), both born in Silvermills had a house south of the 'Great Mill Lade' (or Lead or Dam), just behind where St. Stephen's Church now stands; the land for the church was purchased by the City of Edinburgh from Mr. Lauder in 1822.



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