Sir Coutts Lindsay, 2nd Baronet, was a British artist and watercolourist.
Background
Lindsay was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Sir James Lindsay, son of the Honorary Robert Lindsay, second son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres. His mother was Anne, daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Baronet, a principal partner in Coutt"s Bank.
Career
He then entered the army, commanding the 1st Regiment of the Italian Legion during the Crimean War before retiring from military life to devote himself to art From 1862 to 1874 he exhibited many pictures, including various successful portraits. His studio at 4-5 Cromwell Place was also used by Archibald Stuart-Wortley.
lieutenant was devoted to exhibiting works by the Pre-Raphaelites (then held to be too stylistically advanced for the Royal Academy) and becoming the focus of the Aesthetic Movement from then until its closure in 1890.
Its inaugural exhibition on 1 May 1877 included James Whistler"s Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, leading to the famous libel trial between Whistler and John Ruskin. She also published several volumes of poetry, including From a Venetian Balcony (1903) and Poems of Love and Death (1907).