James Orrock
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James Orrock was a prominent Scottish
collector of art and oriental ceramics, illustrator and landscape watercolourist. He was the son of an Edinburgh dentist and was educated in medicine, surgery, and dentistry at Edinburgh University, after which he practised as a dentist in Nottingham
.
Orrock studied painting under James Ferguson
, William L. Leitch, and John Burgess
, later enrolling at the Nottingham School of Design
. He settled in London by 1866, becoming an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1871, exhibiting at the Royal Scottish Academy
and Royal Academy
.
On Orrock's death, Lord Leverhulme bought most of his art collection, and some one thousand of his own paintings. Part of that collection was used to create the Lady Lever Art Gallery
at Port Sunlight
.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
collector of art and oriental ceramics, illustrator and landscape watercolourist. He was the son of an Edinburgh dentist and was educated in medicine, surgery, and dentistry at Edinburgh University, after which he practised as a dentist in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
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Orrock studied painting under James Ferguson
James Ferguson
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, William L. Leitch, and John Burgess
John Burgess
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, later enrolling at the Nottingham School of Design
Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design
Founded in 1843, the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom and currently has more than 2,500 students.-History:...
. He settled in London by 1866, becoming an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1871, exhibiting at the Royal Scottish Academy
Royal Scottish Academy
The Royal Scottish Academy is a Scottish organisation that promotes contemporary Scottish art. Founded in 1826, as the Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, the RSA maintains a unique position in Scotland as an independently funded institution led by eminent artists and...
and Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
.
On Orrock's death, Lord Leverhulme bought most of his art collection, and some one thousand of his own paintings. Part of that collection was used to create the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Lady Lever Art Gallery
The Lady Lever Art Gallery was founded in 1922 by Sunlight Soap magnate, William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, and dedicated to the memory of his wife....
at Port Sunlight
Port Sunlight
Port Sunlight is a model village, suburb and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula. Between 1894 and 1974 it formed part of Bebington urban district within the county of Cheshire...
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