Halsby, J. Scottish watercolours 1740-1940, 1986 p. 256 (Henry John Dobson; painter and illustrator of genre scenes and Scottish interiors; b. Peebleshire 1858, lived and worked in Edinburgh and Kirkcudbright; d. 1928)
Scottish life and character, 1904 H.J. Dobson, R.S.W.)
Union list of artists online, Aug. 3, 2006 (Dobson, Henry John (British painter, 1858-1928))