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John Alsop, fl. 1889-1891

Nationality: Scottish
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John Alsop was an artist.

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Alsop, who was active as an artist between 1889 and 1890, when he exhibited at the Glasgow Institute for the Fine Arts, was among those Glasgow painters who in 1891 appended their names to a list requesting that the Corporation of Glasgow buy Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (YMSM 137) (#12326).

Bibliography:

Johnson, J. and A. Greutzner, Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, Woodbridge, 1980.