Lot 30
£3,276
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Day Session | 7th December 2023 at 14:00
Signed and dated 1877, signed, inscribed and dated verso, oil on canvas
Exhibited:
Albert Institute, Dundee, Fine Art Exhibition, 11 October 1877 - 12 January 1878
Note: The 1877 Fine Art Exhibition was the second of such big exhibitions held at the Albert Institute in Dundee. They were organised by a committee of local art collectors and enthusiasts. That of 1877 was a particular blockbuster with 1,100 paintings on show – the biggest art exhibition in the United Kingdom apart from at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. It attracted 72,000 visitors in the three months it was on and sales totalled over £6,000.
We are grateful to Matthew Jarron, author of 'Independent & Individualist: Art in Dundee 1867-1924' for his help in researching this work.