1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Macbeth, Robert Walker

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MACBETH, ROBERT WALKER (1848-1910), British painter, was born at Glasgow Sept. 30 1848. He studied art in the schools of the Royal Scottish Academy, and in 1871 came to London, where he was for some time on the staff of the Graphic. In 1874 he became an associate of the Royal Water Colour Society. Both as painter and as etcher he was very popular. He died at Golders Green Nov. 1 1910. Among his best-known works are “Dunster Castle” (1895), “The End of a Good Day” (1897) and “Naval Manœuvres” (1899).