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Graham Morton Stevenson was born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, in 1860, and was educated at Gartsherrie Academy, Coatbridge, and at the West of Scotland Technical College. He completed a five-year apprenticeship, starting in 1876, at the Airdrie Engine Works of Messrs. Dick and Stevenson, and from 1881 to 1883, he was employed as a draughtsman by Messrs. J. and H. Gwynne, Ltd., in Hammersmith, London. He returned to Scotland to take charge of one of the workshops of the Monkland Iron Co, at Calderbank, and in 1884 was made works manager of Messrs. Dick and Stevenson's works at Airdrie. In 1888 he went to the United States and was employed for a year in the Carnegie steel works at Pittsburg. Returning to England in 1890, he took up the position of chief draughtsman to the Electric Construction Corporation, of West Drayton.
Title
Graham Stevenson (1850–1899)
Date
1876–1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 97 x W 77 cm
Accession number
NLC-1999-913
Acquisition method
donated
Work type
Painting