Dating from around 1835 this is a lovely print depicting life inside an old Hebridean cottage with a child seated in front of a rough, open fire in the middle of the floor and a baby in her wicker cot. This is a black and white engraving by C. Cousen from the original painting by Alexander Fraser (1786-1865), now in the National Gallery. In good condition. Mounted but unframed.
Image measures 24 cm wide by 19 cm deep.
£80
A fine etching with drypoint of St. Rumbold’s Cathedral in Malines (now Mechelen) in Belgium. By the Glasgow artist William Renison (1893-1938). Mounted but unframed. Titled and signed lower right in pencil. In good condition. *Thanks to Jim Vallance for his help in locating this view.
Image measures 18cm wide by 25cm deep.
£120
A fine old Scottish Lithograph entitled “Moonrise in the Valley of Cairngorm – an artist’s ramble in the North of Scotland” by Michael Bouquet and dated 1849. Published by Day and Son. In good condition – recently reframed and remounted.
Measures 40 cm wide by 24 cm deep (58 cm by 43 cm in its frame and mount).
£180
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A fine etching in colours of Sweetheart Abbey near Dumfries in South West Scotland by the Glasgow artist Alexander R. Gibson. In good condition, pencil-signed. Exh. 1912-40.
Measures 21 cm wide by 16 cm deep (47 cm by 37 cm in its frame and mount).
£80
An oil on canvas signed “Donaldson” depicting an extensive landscape with Ben Vorlich and its neighbouring mountain, Stuc a Chroin, in Perthshire, Scotland. In good condition. Dated 1982.
Measures 60 cm wide by 44 cm deep (70cm by 54 cm in its frame).
£xxx
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Dated 1898 and signed in pencil by the Scottish artist William Strang (1859-1921), this etching is entitled “The Towers of Courtrai” – on the River Lys not far from Lille in France – and is in good condition.
Measures 17 cm wide by 17 cm deep (41 cm by 54 cmin its mount and frame).
£180
A Victorian lithograph of Dunblane Cathedral. No marks or signature but understood to date from around 1852 and published by Day and Son. In good condition – recently remounted and reframed.
Measures 42 cm wide by 32 cm deep (60 cm by 51 cm in its frame).
£120
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A print of an etching by the Scottish artist James McBey entitled “Zaanstreek” and showing a Dutch canal scene with a barge and windmill in the distance. It bears a signature and title in pencil and a small stamp, verso, indicates that it is Plate 12 from a proof in the possession of Martin Hardie R.E., published by Colnaghi and Co. In good condition.
* My thanks go to Jane at the Allinson Gallery who tells me that this is a reproduction published in The Studio publication, Modern Masters of Etching: James McBey.
It is the 12th plate in the book and that the signature and title are not in McBey’s handwriting.
Measures 23 cm wide by 19 cm deep (41.5 cm by 33 cm in its original mount and frame).
£50
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Pencil-signed and in good condition, this fine etching with drypoint is by the Glasgow artist Frederick Farrell (1882-1935) and depicts an extensive landscape with Stirling Castle. Marked “trial proof” in pencil by Farrell. Remounted in original frame.
Measures 35 cm by 20 cm (59 cm by 45 cm in its original frame and mount).
£200
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A delightful little watercolour by the Aberdeen artist Henry Jackson Simpson (1893-1963), showing an extensive landscape with a town and church tower in the distance. In the foreground is a stream. Signed and in good condition.
Measures 16.5 cm wide by 10.5 cm deep (38.5cm by 33.5 in its mount and frame).
£350