A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Watts, Jane
WATTS, JANE,
Was the daughter of George Waldie, Esq., of Hendersyde Park Scotland. Before she was five years old she showed much fondness for drawing, and she very early painted landscapes in oil, which were greatly admired. She was almost wholly self-taught, yet her pictures, when exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution, commanded universal applause. In literature she displayed equal talent. This accomplished woman died in 1826, at the age of thirty-seven.