William Carse [SEP] date of death
William Carse
William Carse (29 August 1800 – 13 May 1845) was a Scottish painter.
Life.
Carse was born in Edinburgh in 1800 to (probably) the painter Alexander Carse and his wife. His early paintings are said to be in the style of Paulus Potter.
Carse died in Edinburgh of "inflammation" in 1845. One source believes that the Australian painter James Howe Carse is probably his son but another believes they were brothers.
Legacy.
Carse has several paintings in public ownership
of football matches, which are said to be amongst the earliest pictorial records of the game.
Carse is believed to have had two sons, who were both painters: William Carse and James Howe Carse. William worked in Scotland, whilst James emigrated to South Australia.
In the 1830s "Alexander Carse, portrait painter" is listed as living at 68 Abbey Hill, just north-east of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Carse died in poverty in February 1843, although the precise place and date of his death are