Sir David Young Cameron

Sir David Young Cameron, R.A, R.S.A, R.W.S, R.E  1865-1945.

Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron and was born in Glasgow Scotland. From around 1881 he studied at the Glasgow School of Art and in 1885 enrolled at the Edinburgh Schools of Art. Cameron became a skilled etcher making a name for himself in this medium and gaining international recognition by the 1890s. He was elected associate of the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers (RE) in 1889. In 1895 he was elected Fellow of the RE. He exhibited regularly from 1889 to 1902, before resigning his membership in 1903