Description
WILLIAM MCTAGGART R.S.A., R.S.W (1835-1910)
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
Signed and dated 1882, oil on panel,
30.5cm(12in) x 46cm(18in)
Footnote
Note:McTaggart's 'A message from the sea' would appear to be a fully worked up preparatory sketch for his 1882 R.S.A exhibit currently in the McManus Gallery, Dundee. The only notable alteration being the position of the older boy who holds the spade facing out of the composition as opposed to in. The painting depicts the far corner of Bay Voyach , a beautiful inlet which lies just south of the bay at Machrihanish and which is divided by the grass-crowned rocky knoll known locally as the Doune.