Joseph Bartholomew Kidd

On the foundation of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1826 Kidd was elected one of the original associates, and became a full academician in 1829.

[2] He is sometimes confused with his near contemporary, the painter William Kidd, and some sources erroneously refer to him as John rather than Joseph.

[2] Kidd chiefly painted the scenery of his native country, and executed a few etchings of highland views.

[1] In the 1830s, he was commissioned to copy a number of paintings of birds by the American artist and naturalist, John James Audubon.

[3] He illustrated Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's The Miscellany of Natural History (1833–4) and West Indian Scenery (1838–40).