SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (BRITISH, 1865-1945)
Castle Urquhart and Loch Ness
signed 'D. Y. CAMERON' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Urquhart D. Y. Cameron' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
26 3/8 x 22 in. (67 x 55.9 cm.)
Provenance
Dr Ian A.J. Ross-Smith, by 1965. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 August 2008, lot 115.
Exhibited
Possibly, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1916, no. 130, as 'Urquhart'. Edinburgh, The Arts Council of Great Britain - Scottish Committee, Sir D.Y. Cameron Centenary Exhibition, 1965-1966, no. 54, lent by Dr Ian Ross-Smith.
Castle Urquhart is situated on Strone Point, south west of Inverness. It was given to Clan Grant in 1509, but was destroyed during the Jacobite rebellion.