Cottage interior

Details

Thomas Faed, R.A. (1826-1900)
Cottage interior
signed and dated 'Thomas Faed 1865' (lower centre) and further signed, numbered and inscribed 'no 1/Interior - Study/by/T. Faed. R.A' (on the artist's label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 ½ x 26 in. (52 x 66 cm.)

Provenance

with The French Galleries, London.
with The Fine Art Society, London, April 1976, no. 5974.

Literature

M. McKerrow, The Faeds, A Biography, Edinburgh, 1982, p. 114.

Exhibited

International Exhibition, no. 8.

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Lot Essay

This rustic interior scene demonstrates the influence of the work of David Wilkie and Faed's own Scottish heritage. The carefully arranged composition leads the viewer's eye through the room, rich in incidental details, and through into other parts of the house.

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