Lot Essay
There is a looser sketch by Sandby of the same view as in the present watercolour, but seen from further away, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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View of Stirling Castle, Scotland, with a drover and a traveller on horseback in the foreground
Details
Paul Sandby, R.A. (Nottingham 1731-1809 London)
View of Stirling Castle, Scotland, with a drover and a traveller on horseback in the foreground
pencil and bodycolour on paper
15½ x 22 in. (39.4 x 55.9 cm.)
View of Stirling Castle, Scotland, with a drover and a traveller on horseback in the foreground
pencil and bodycolour on paper
15½ x 22 in. (39.4 x 55.9 cm.)
Provenance
with The Fine Art Society, London, 1953, where purchased by Cuthbert Henry Dawnay, M.C, and by descent to Delia Dawnay, later Lady Millar and by descent to the present owner.
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