John Wilson Ewbank RSA (1799-1847) would have empathised with the double-sided character of Edinburgh’s famous Deacon Brodie; immortalised by Robert Louis Stevenson in his novel ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.’ By day Brodie presented outwardly an impression of respectability, yet by night he turned to nothing more than a petty thief and thug. So too Ewbank enjoyed considerable recognition and success at the outset of a promising career, yet an over-fondness of the ‘demon drink’ brought disgrace, and ultimately destroyed his career, himself, and his family.
'Baydale Beck Inn', Darlington, County Durham 1912
A. M. I. (active 1912)
Oil on board
H 23.2 x W 35.5 cm
Darlington Borough Art Collection
View of Newcastle upon Tyne, Taken from a Windmill to the East of St Ann's c.1802–1803
William Daniell (1769–1837)
Oil on canvas
H 95.3 x W 186 cm
Laing Art Gallery
David Ramsay Hay, Esq. (1798–1866), FRSE 1830
George Harvey (1806–1876)
Oil on panel
H 25.6 x W 22.3 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), HRSA
Andrew Geddes (1783–1844)
Oil on canvas
H 77.5 x W 64.8 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
Keswick Main Street 1870
Joseph Brown
Oil on canvas
H 9.7 x W 11.2 cm
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
John Martin (1789–1854) (style of)
Oil on canvas
H 67.2 x W 92.4 cm
Shipley Art Gallery
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on panel
H 29.8 x W 21.6 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Brodie Castle
Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon 1825
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on canvas
H 158 x W 185 cm
The Natural History Society of Northumbria Great North Museum: Hancock
A Harbour Scene with Shipping 1820s–1830s
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on millboard on panel
H 30 x W 45.2 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
The Entry of George IV into Edinburgh from the Calton Hill, 1822 1827
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on canvas
H 150.5 x W 240 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
The Military Review on the Occasion of George IV's Visit to Edinburgh
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on canvas
H 134.6 x W 195.5 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Calm Morning off the Dutch Coast c.1841
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on canvas
H 48 x W 65 cm
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on board
H 40.9 x W 58.7 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
John Wilson Ewbank (c.1799–1847)
Oil on metal
H 25.6 x W 36 cm
Shipley Art Gallery
Sunderland Harbour from Roker c.1850–c.1855
Edward Hastings (1781–1861)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 151.5 cm
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
