Little is known of the artist Adam Arnst. He lived in Edinburgh throughout his career and exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy between 1860 and 1876, showing 20 works there in total. Arnst’s subjects were mainly landscapes, topographical views and portraits. He is known to have painted a portrait of the famous Leicestershire huntsman Tom Firr (died 1902) and he also produced illustrations for ‘The Reference Edition of Shakspear’s [sic] Plays’, complied by John B. Marsh and published in Edinburgh in 1865.
