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E. H. Dixon was a landscape painter. His/her subjects ranged from St Pancras Old Church up to Tufnell Park, Highgate and Hampstead, over the 1830s/1840s. There was then a gap before a flurry of painting in the Holborn area, as well as some reworking of earlier paintings, in 1867. On this basis I would guess a birth date around 1810 and a death around 1868.
Th paintings form a valuable and accomplished record of the period, but nothing is known of his/her origins. Handwriting suggests a confident, artistic person.
I would love to hear from anyone that can provide a lead.
Peter Darley

Have you tried looking for info anywhere?

No point in our duplicating

Have you tried googling the name

It may provide actual Christian names

I've tried that, Shirley. First port of call. No joy

The Wellcome Collection has some works. Perhaps contacting them would prove fruitful

I might suggest this one? The birth year is way out, but it's possible he started young OR that the dates online for his work are out by a few years. Listed here as "Artist and professor of drawing"

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Pratt Street, St Pancras, London & Middlesex, England

Edward H Dixon Head - Male 50 1821 - Lancashire, England
Catherine Dixon Wife - Female 48 1823 - London, Middlesex, England
Catherine S Dixon Daughter - Female 11 1860 - Middlesex, England
Annie E Dixon Daughter - Female 8 1863 - Middlesex, England

1881

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
118, Highgate Road, St Pancras, London & Middlesex, England
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Edward H Dixon Head Married Male 60 1821 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Artist In Landscape Transcription
Catharine Dixon Wife Married Female 58 1823 London, Middlesex, England - Transcription
Catharine Dixon Daughter Single Female 21 1860 Camden Town, Middlesex, England Teacher Of Music

Records say E H Dixon was active 1837-1859

https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/dixon-e-h-active-18371859

The picture of 'London's great dust heap' is recorded as 1837, so looking for him in 1841

death of that Edward
Deaths Jun 1884 (>99%)
Dixon Edward Henry 64 Pancras 1b 112

Marriages Jun 1856 (>99%)

DIXON Edward Henry Pancras 1b 205
HOWES Catharine Pancras 1b 205
HOWS Catharine Pancras 1b 205 <<< Hows is mother's maiden name on births of the daughters

Just a possible? if he was formerly an engineer, the marriage cert might eliminate or confirm

Name: Edward H Dixon
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relation: Son
Father's name: Thomas Dixon
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
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County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address:

Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Islington West
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 16
Piece: 1499
Folio: 392
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Dixon 65
Charles T Dixon 34
Edward H Dixon 29 <<<

Edward Dixon
in the 1841 England Census
Name: Edward Dixon
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: St Mary Islington West
Hundred: Ossulstone (Finsbury Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Islington West
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 665
Book: 8
Folio: 28
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Thos Dixon 56
Charles Dixon 25
Edward Dixon 19

Death of Catherine
Deaths Jun 1885 (>99%)

Dixon Catherine 62 Pancras 1b 111

the two daughters in 1891


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Holloway Road, Islington, London & Middlesex, England

Catherine Spencer Dixon Head Single Female 35 1856 Wool Worker London, Middlesex, England
A E Dixon Sister Single Female 28 1863 Wool Worker & Music Teacher Kentish Town, Middlesex, England

This is most helpful to my search. He/she has paintings at the Wellcome Library, the British Museum, London Metropolitan Archives, Camden Local Studies and Archives and Islington Local History Centre. None of them has been able to help, nor has Camden History Society, an active local group.
Thanks for your help. I shall study the information carefully.

It doesn't help a lot re Edward, but this is possibly the marriage of the parents, noting that Edward's daughter Catherine used middle name Spencer


Thomas Dixon
Occupation Engineer *** EDITED for ref any one adding, on image it is "engraver" this ties in to census and late baptism for son Edward, see later posts .


Year 1814
Marriage year 1814
Marriage date 17 Jul 1814
Place Liverpool, St Paul, St Paul's Square
Denomination Church Of England
Diocese Liverpool
Residence Liverpool
Spouse's first name(s) Margaret
Spouse's last name Spencer
Spouse's marital status Spinster
Spouse's residence Liverpool
Witness 1 Edward Coventry
Witness 2 Richd Barrow
County Lancashire
Country England
Licence or banns Banns
Archive Liverpool Record Office
Archive reference 283-PAU-3-3
Register type Marriages
Register year range 1813-1817
Record set Lancashire Banns & Marriages

Catherine Dixon nee Hows was a "teacher of music & French" on the 1871 census ,

this may well be her in 1851 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
5, Wellington Terrace, Barking, Romford, Essex, England


Catherine Hows Head Unmarried Female 28 1823 Ladies School Governess Spitalfields, Middlesex, England <<<<
Ann Coy - Unmarried Female 81 1770 Annuitant Lincolnshire, England
Hannah M Widdop Teacher Unmarried Female 21 1830 Undercase Of Guardian Brighouse, Yorkshire, England
Sarah A Toomer - - Female 18 1833 Iron Mongers Daughter Newbury, Berkshire, England
Harriet Chapman Servant Widow Female 50 1801 House Servant Hornchurch, Essex, England

It looks like a member of the Hows family has a tree on Ancestry, so might be worth contacting to see if they know anything?

http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/dixon_edward_henry/artist/401411/

Well! That certainly shows one auction house appears to know the artist's full name. Another piece of an emerging jigsaw. Thanks for your forensics. I am most impressed. Now I need to start colouring the CV, to create a real character, whose paintings reflect not only his interests but also his personal situation.
Thanks again.

Just to keep info here, I looked again at the image for 1841/51 and pretty sure it says engraver not engineer .

It certainly looks like 'engraver' to me.

Dea x

Just found this. I was looking at Liverpool for a baptism. but Henry was baptised 1827, after they moved to Islington but father Thomas def "engraver" on image

EDITED it is birthdate 17 Sept 1821

Name: Edward Henry Dixon
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 20 May 1827 **
Baptism Place: Islington St Mary, Islington, England
Father: Thomas Dixon
Mother: Margaret Dixon
Register Type: Parish Registers

Thanks Dea :-)

Just for ref have also sent PM to Peter re Old Bailey case where Edward was a witness, which ties in with the address he is at with father and brother Pultney st, in 1851