Lot 130
FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937)
STAFFA AND RUM FROM IONA
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale ft. A Century of Scottish Colourists | Lots 88 to 168 | Thursday 04 June 2026 from 6pm
Description
Signed, signed with initials, titled and inscribed ‘Absorbent ground. NEVER varnish’ verso, oil on board
Dimensions
36cm x 43.5cm (14.5in x 17.25in)
Provenance
Archibald .J. Crawford, Liverpool
Mr & Mrs Ian Crawford
Christie's, Glasgow, Fine Scottish and Topographical Paintings and Drawings, 11 December 1986, lot 242, where purchased by the previous owner
Christie's, London, Modern British Art Day Sale, 13 December 2012, lot 264 from where acquired by the present owner
Footnote
This painting previously belonged to the biscuit manufacturer Archibald J. Crawford of Fernlea, Mossley Hill, Liverpool. He and his wife appear seven times between 1924 and 1926 in the Register of Pictures that F. C. B. Cadell compiled between 1907 and 1930 of works that he sold or gave away (Private Collection on loan to the National Galleries of Scotland Archive). They acquired nine works, all of Iona, where they holidayed and originally met the artist.