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Graham Stevenson (1850–1899)

Image credit: North Lanarkshire Council / NLC Museums

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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.

NLC Museums

Coatbridge

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

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Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Heritage Way, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire ML5 1QD Scotland

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