James Henry Crossland R.A. R.C.A.
1852 - 1939

James Henry Crossland was a landscape artist in oils.
The son of a vicar, he was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire but moved firstly to Derbyshire and then to the Lake District.
Most of his work depicted Lake District scenes.
He was a founder member of the Lake Artists' Society in 1904.
He exhibited at Suffolk Street, the Royal Academy and the Royal Cambrian Academy.
The National Collection, the Lakeland Art Trust and the Keswick Museum all hold his works.