John Wilson Ewbank

Ewbank was born at Darlington on 4 May 1799, the son of Michael Ewbank, an innkeeper. He was adopted as a child by a wealthy uncle who lived at Wycliffe, on the banks of the River Tees, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Intended for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he was sent to Ushaw College, from which he absconded. He died of typhus fever in the infirmary at Sunderland, 28 November 1847. ==Works==

His sketches from nature were especially admired by contemporaries, and a series of 51 drawings of Edinburgh by him were engraved by W. H. Lizars for James Browne's Picturesque Views of Edinburgh (1825). He also made a reputation with cabinet pictures of banks of rivers, coast scenes, and marine subjects. Later works were painted for cash. His works are held in several museums worldwide, including the British Museum, the Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections. ==References==