John Dobbin

Dobbin later travelled extensively in Scotland France Spain Germany and the Netherlands. His second wife Hannah Jones came from an affluent family and probably paid for his Grand Tour of Europe.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1842 and 1875. Dobbin's best-known work is the Opening of the Stockton to Darlington Railway showing Ignatius Bonomi's Skerne Viaduct portrayed until 2003 on the reverse of Series E £5 notes issued by the Bank of England where George Stephenson's portrait is shown along with the Rocket steam locomotive. His paintings became more spiritual after the death of his first wife Amy.