John Finnie (1829–1907): A Pioneer of Welsh Landscape Painting and Mezzotint Engraving John Finnie was a Scottish landscape painter and engraver whose meticulous mezzotint prints and evocative oil paintings captured the beauty of Wales, particularly Snowdonia, establishing him as one of the foremost artists of his era. Born in Aberdeen in 1829, he possessed an innate talent for observation and artistic expression that would define his lifelong career. His formative years were spent honing skills in painting and japanning – crafts reflecting the industrial spirit of Victorian Scotland – befor…