The Scottish Hobbema
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Patrick Nasmyth (born at Edinburgh, 1787, died 1831), the landscape painter, was so called.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Scottish Hobbema” mean?
Patrick Nasmyth (born at Edinburgh, 1787, died 1831), the landscape painter, was so called.
Is “The Scottish Hobbema” formal or informal?
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