JAMES CASSIE R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1819-1879)
EARLY MORNING, SOUTH QUEENSFERRY - THE FIRTH OF FORTH
£2,520
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Session | 7th December 2023 at 18:00
Description
Signed with the monogram and dated 1875, oil on canvas
Dimensions
61cm x 110cm (24in x 43in)
Provenance
Exhibited:
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1876, no.476
Footnote
Note: This prospect of the Firth of Forth looking east towards Inchgarvie and North Queensferry predates the Forth Bridge. The view is from the pier and boatman's cottage at Port Edgar with a steamer, probably the iron paddle tug Nymph, which was the sole vessel on the Queensferry passage across the Firth.
Port Edgar has long been used as a crossing point to Rosyth, with a harbour pier built around 1810, roughly in the location of the present east pier and slipway. In the 1860s the South Queensferry Branch of the North British Railway was opened to Port Edgar and the port was used as a crossing point for railway passengers.