Lot 107
WILLIAM MCTAGGART R.S.A., R.S.W (1835-1910)
A SEA BIRD
Auction: 8 December 2000 at 11:00 GMT
£34,500
Description
Signed and dated 1873, oil on canvas,
61cm(24in) x 84cm(33in)
Footnote
Note:Although untitled the present painting may well be Mctaggart's R.S.A exhibit of 1873 and is the same size as a work of the following year entitled 'On the Links'.During the summer of 1873 McTaggart spent much of his time at Carnoustie which was to become one of his favourite painting resorts and the grass covered dunes which look on to the sea form an ideal backdrop to this appealing subject.