{{Short description|Scottish artist (1851–1919)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} '''Middleton Alexander Jameson''' (1851–1919) was a Scottish artist, born in Edinburgh. One of the older brothers of Sir Leander Starr Jameson, British South African statesman, notable for his leadership of the Jameson Raid. Born in 1851, Middleton died on 22 April 1919. Middleton was affectionately called 'Midge' by his family; in his latter years he lived in London at 2, Cumberland Place with two of his brothers: Sam and Leander Starr.
==Life==
A late Victorian and Edwardian artist, active in production from around 1877–1919, Jameson painted naturalistic scenes, capturing fine detail in both indoor and external settings. Middleton's primary artistic medium was oil on canvas. His portrait of his brother Leander is in the Primary Collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.<ref name=npg>[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp07163&rNo=0&role=art Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Bt], National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 4 January 2014.</ref>
==Paintings==
*A Mother With Her Daughters in the Kitchen Garden (1883: oil on canvas)<ref name="painting-in-oil">{{cite web|url=http://www.painting-in-oil.com/enlarge-id-12901.html|title=A mother with her daughters in the kitchen garden-Enlarge | Middleton Jameson [British Painter, ?-1918] | Arts Oil Paintings Reproductions|publisher=painting-in-oil.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> *Thirsty (1883: oil on canvas)<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/thirsty-18512|title=Thirsty | Art UK Art UK | Discover Artworks Thirsty|publisher=Art UK|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> *La Fille Pêcheur (1887: oil on canvas)<ref name="painting-in-oil2">{{cite web|url=http://www.painting-in-oil.com/enlarge-id-12902.html|title=La fille pecheur-Enlarge | Middleton Jameson [British Painter, ?-1918] | Arts Oil Paintings Reproductions|publisher=painting-in-oil.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> *Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Bt (oil on canvas, Primary Collection of the UK National Portrait Gallery in London)<ref name=npg /> *Encontre Avec Son Premier Amour (1881: oil on canvas)<ref name="artnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=45AFAC8212D2114E|title=ENCONTRE AVEC SON PREMIER AMOUR by Middleton Jameson on artnet|publisher=artnet.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> *Collecting Rushes (1881:oil on canvas)<ref name="artnet2">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=1DBA6F43F5F3A23E|title=COLLECTING RUSHES by Middleton Jameson on artnet|publisher=artnet.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> *Cupid and Psyche (1989:oil on canvas)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/MJ1898.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402055303/http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/MJ1898.jpg |archive-date=2 April 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *At the Piano, (1877, oil on canvas)<ref>https://s1.securecollection.com/guariscogallery/view_image.html?image_no=3730{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==References== *Colvin, I. (1922) (Vol.1) and (1923) (Vol.2)The Life of Jameson London: Edward Arnold and Co (a biography of Leander Starr Jameson).
==Footnotes== {{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jameson, Middleton}} Category:1851 births Category:1919 deaths Category:19th-century Scottish painters Category:Scottish male painters Category:20th-century Scottish painters Category:Artists from Edinburgh Category:19th-century Scottish male artists Category:20th-century Scottish male artists