Sale 9641
London, South Kensington
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5 June 2003
Price realised
GBP 1,175
Estimate
Samuel Bough, R.S.A. (1822-1878) Figures on a highland track signed and dated 'Sam Bough 1864' (lower right) pencil and watercolour 17¾ x 30 in. (45 x 76.2 cm.)
Provenance
Walter Berry of Glenstriven, Argyllshire, and thence by decent.
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It has been suggested that the present picture was painted on the west coast of Scotland, possibly on the Isle of Arran.
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