-  John Nesbitt

-  John Nesbit  [in some directories]

-  Nesbitt & Lothian

-  Nesbit & Lothian  [in some directories]

John Nesbitt

1861 Census

John Nesbitt  was described:

-  in the 1861 census as Photographer and Artist

-  from 1861 in the Edinburgh trade directories as Photographic Artist.

At the time of the census, he was living in his studio, 79 Princes Street, with:

-  Sarah Nesbitt  [age 29, wife, b. Ireland]

-  Robert J Nesbitt  [son, age 3, b. Aberdeen]

-  John R Nesbitt  [son, 11 months, b. Aberdeen]

-  Catherine Craig Nesbitt  [servant, age 15, b. Edinburgh]

[1861 Census]

John Nesbitt

PSS Exhibition

6th PSS Exhibition, Dec 1861

John Nesbitt exhibited calotype portraits in the 6th PSS Exhibition in 1861.  Press comment:  "Calotype portraits are of considerable merit"   [The Scotsman:  1/1/1862]

He became a partner in Nesbitt & Lothian in 1866.  He married Elan Moffat, daughter of John Moffat

John Nesbitt

Question

Was this the same man as John Nesbitt, Landscape Painter, at 24 George Street in 1880?