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Thomas Fearnsides Grant (21 July 1836 - 1 March 1894) was a Scottish painter, primarily known for his Highland landscapes.

Life
His father was James Grant (13 August 1793 - 28 July 1879), a labourer, originally from Latheron in Caithness. He later joined the 93rd Highlanders as a private. He was pensioned out of the military in 1835.

His mother was Sarah Fearnsides (14 November 1802 - 8 February 1872), originally from Dewsbury in Yorkshire. Her father was Thomas Fearnsides (11 June 1770 - 25 April 1834). Sarah and James married on 28 October 1824 in Forres, Moray.

Thomas Fearnsides Grant was born on 21 July 1836, the only son of their 5 children.

At the age of 24, in the 1861 census, his occupation was a painter. At the 1871 census he was at Clovullin Currie, near Ardgour in Lochaber. Many of his pictures feature Lochaber, but he also travelled to Shetland and the English border.

Thomas worked through various addresses:- Saunders Street, 90 George Street then 25 Deanpark Street, all in Edinburgh.

He married Alison May (17 August 1855 - 1914) from 13 Kemp Place, Edinburgh on 29 December 1880 at the St. Vincent Street Chapel in Edinburgh. Thomas was then staying at 25 Deanpark Street. Alison was around twenty years younger than Thomas. She remarried after Thomas died.

Thomas and Alison's final address together was 27 Comely Bank Road in Edinburgh.

Art
RGI, 90 George Street, Edinburgh

Death
He died on 1 March 1894. The value of his estate was calculated as £111, 3 shillings and 10 pence.

Works
His works should not be confused with that of another Scottish artist around the same time period, Thomas Grant (14 June 1863 - 27 August 1922). Thomas Fearnsides Grant was known for Highland scenes; Thomas Grant was known for pictures around the Rutherglen and Glasgow area.

An earlier English artist Thomas Grant (13 February 1870 - 19 August 1867) is known for his pictures of dead game and birds.