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Jane Nisbet (baptised 31 March 1853 - 1 September 1916) was a Scottish painter.

Life
Her father was James Sharp Nisbet (13 May 1824 - 1855), a brewer from Govan. He moved to Liverpool, England where he ran a brewery employing 12 men. He died young in West Derby, a suburb of Liverpool. He was buried in Liverpool on 27 June 1855.

Her mother was Margaret Sharp (c. 1829 - 6 December 1900) born in Liverpool; from an Aberdeen family. James and Margaret married on 17 October 1850 in Erskine, Renfrewshire. On the death of her husband Margaret moved to her aunt's house in Bothwell, as seen in the 1861 census. She evidently had monies from her husband's estate and the rental of housing. In the next census of 1871, she is at 14 Willowbank Crescent in Hillhead [to 1879], together with her son Charles (born c. 1852) and daughter Jane (born c. 1853). They move to 1 Ashfield Terrace, Hillhead [1879-81, now in Otago Street] ; then 4 Roclea Terrace, Hillhead [1887-93, now in Roxburgh Street] ; then 11 Westminster Gardens, Hillhead [now 6 Cresswell Street]. On Margaret's death she left an estate valued at £2149, 1 shilling and 5 pence.

Jane Nisbet was born in Alfred Street, Liverpool; and was baptised on 31 March 1853. After her father died in 1855, her mother took her young family to relatives in Scotland. Jane was brought up first in Bothwell and then Hillhead, Glasgow.

After her mother's death Jane is in the 1901 census at 6 Elliot Street, however she did not move; this was formerly 11 Westminster Gardens, and is now 6 Cresswell Street in Hillhead.

She does move to 14 Bute Mansions [now 79 Great George Street] in 1903. She also has an art studio at 166 Buchanan Street for a time, before moving her art studio to the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists studio of 136 Wellington Street.

1901 6 Elliot Street, Govan 1905-08 14 Bute Mansions 1908-10 136 Wellingston Street 1911-12 house 14 Bute Mansions, art studio 136 Wellington Street Frederick R. Sears 14 Bute Mansions.

Art
She went to the Glasgow School of Art where she was noted as winning the Haldane Prize for her drawings of flowers and plants. She was noted in the annual reports: 1871: Local competition, Haldane Prize, Stage 10a, drawing flowers from nature. 1874: Local competition, Haldane Prize, analysis of plants from nature.

She is noted as having a 'sunny bit of summer landscape from Kilmacolm' in the RGI exhibition of 1882. In 1889 she sold her 'Hydrangea' at the RGI exhibition.

GLSA 1889 Stirling 1891 Paisley 1894 GLSA 1895

Death
She died on 1 September 1916 at the Chapelton of Deshar near Boat of Garten in Speyside. Her usual address was 14 Bute Mansions, Hillhead. The death certificate states that her cause of death was chronic intestinal obstruction; and that the obstruction was caused by a tumour. She was suffering from the obstruction for 6 months.

The value of her estate was given as £3684, 14 shillings and 2 pence.