▁ ▁Official ▁Peg as us ▁Award ▁site ▁listing ▁Kath y ▁Mar ' s ▁awards ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Fil k ers ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : 1 9 5 1 ▁birth s <0x0A> </s> ▁Alexander ▁Nas my th ▁( 9 ▁September ▁ 1 7 5 8 1 0 ▁April ▁ 1 8 4 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Scottish ▁portrait ▁and ▁landscape ▁painter , ▁a ▁pup il ▁of ▁All an ▁R ams ay . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Nas my th ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁on ▁ 9 ▁September ▁ 1 7 5 8 . ▁He ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁High ▁School ▁and ▁the ▁Trust ees ’ ▁Academy ▁and ▁was ▁app r entic ed ▁to ▁a ▁coach builder . ▁A ged ▁six teen , ▁he ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁London ▁by ▁portrait ▁painter ▁All an ▁R ams ay ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁sub ordinate ▁parts ▁of ▁R ams ay ' s ▁works . ▁Nas my th ▁returned ▁to ▁Edinburgh ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 8 , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁portrait ▁painter . ▁Of fer ed ▁a ▁loan ▁by ▁Patrick ▁Miller ▁of ▁D als w inton , ▁Nas my th ▁left ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 2 ▁for ▁Italy , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁two ▁years ▁further ing ▁his ▁studies . ▁In ▁Italy ▁he ▁devoted ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁attention ▁to ▁landscape ▁painting , ▁and ▁is ▁recorded ▁as ▁having ▁copied ▁a ▁work ▁by ▁Claude ▁Lor rain . ▁ ▁Nas my th ▁returned ▁to ▁Scotland ▁where ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years ▁he ▁continued ▁his ▁career ▁as