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Gourlay Steell (1819-94)
A study of Highland Cattle Signed and dated 1873
Oil on canvas | 47.7 x 68.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404116
Gourlay Steell (1819-94)
A study of Highland Cattle Signed and dated 1873
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This is a preliminary sketch for the two calves at the front of a larger painting of Highland Cattle in the Pass of Levy (RCIN 403647). On one occasion when she went through the Pass Queen Victoria noted that she had seen 'endless droves of wild-looking, and for the most part extremely small, shaggy Highland cattle with their drovers and dogs ? most wild and picturesque'.
Signed and dated: 'Gourlay Steell RSA Callander Oct. 1873.' Inscribed by the artist: 'Sketched on the Hillside.'Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria in 1873; recorded at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
47.7 x 68.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
64.7 x 85.6 x 6.8 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Study of Highland Cattle
