Sale 6834
Edinburgh,The Assembly Rooms
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30 October 2003
Price realised
GBP 5,736
Estimate
David Farquharson, A.R.A., R.S.W. (1840-1907) Seedtime signed and dated 'D.Farquharson 1878' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated '"Seed Time" DFarqharson 16 Picardy Place Edinburgh 1877' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 9 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (23.1 x 33.3 cm.)
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Farquharson painted many pictures of field workers during the 1870s, including Going to the hayfield, exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1877, and A harvest day on the Solway in 1878.
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