John Oliphant

John Oliphant (died 1905) was a Scottish portrait painter, working in the 19th century.

In the 1830s he is listed as operating from a studio at 14 Waterloo Place, at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.

From 1897 to 1898 Oliphant served as a member of the ruling council of the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's influential conservation organisation that was founded in 1875.

He was first cousin of and brother-in-law to Margaret Oliphant, the author.

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