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Patrick Nasmyth, (January 7 1787 – August 17
1831), was a Scotland|Scottish landscape painter.
He was the eldest son of the famous artist
Alexander Nasmyth, whilst his younger brother,
James Nasmyth|James, was a prominant engineer who
gained notoriety as the inventor of the steam
hammer.

Nasmyth was born in Edinburgh and was named after
his father's patron, Patrick Miller. He developed
an interest in art at an early age and, seeing
this, his father his father took a keen interest
in developing his son's talent. As a teenager
Nasmyth lost the use of his right hand, forcing
him to learn how to paint with his left, following
an accident, and also lost most of his hearing
through illness. 

Much of Nasmyth's work, a great deal of which is
undated, depicts his native Scotland, which he
continued to paint even after moving to London in
1810. Like his father, he was heavily influenced
by the Netherlands|Dutch masters of the 17th
century, particularly Meindert Hobbema and Jacob
van Ruysdael (a large number of works by both men
were displayed in London galleries during
Nasmyth's lifetime).

Nasmyth died of Pneumonia-like symptoms, which he
contracted shortly after painting a scene just
outside London.

==References==
*Irwin, David & Francina (1975). Scottish Painters
at Home and Abroad, 1700-1900 London, Faber &
Faber, ISBN 0571088228.
*Nasmyth, James (2004). James Nasmyth Engineer An
Autobiography London, Kessinger, ISBN 1419127160.