John H. Oswald
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He was born in Limerick in Ireland in early 1829 (The Baptismal Record of the Presbyterian Congregation of Limerick). His father was a Scottish coachman presumably working in the Limerick area at the time.
His parents returned to Edinburgh in Scotland in 1831. His early employment was as a coach painter (Scottish Census Records). He travelled around Europe in the late 1840s.[1] His father is thought to be the Rev John Oswald who was a teacher at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh from around 1832.[2]
He lived for many years at 28 London Street, a large Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[3] His brother's niece was his housekeeper (Mary Oswald, also an artist).
He is buried in Warriston Cemetery.
