Background
Born in Liverpool, he was the second son of Mary Harrison, the flower-painter.
Born in Liverpool, he was the second son of Mary Harrison, the flower-painter.
Subsequently he made anatomical and other medical drawings and illustrations, and studied anatomy at the Hunterian school in Windmill Street.
He went to London aged 14, and worked for dealers. He had much support from John Constable, who advised him to observe nature closely. Illness forced him to travel in search of health.
In Paris, as he had done in and around London, he formed classes for out-of-door sketching.
Harrison died of aneurism on 20 October 1846.