Historic Painting Thread

[Ancienne Alliance]

Here are a few more… unfortunately I don’t know much about them.


Best,

Robert

[NewPiperinNY]

Thank you all for your contributions to a fine thread... very entertaining..

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I'm not aware of the artist, although I believe the scene is from Kidnapped or Catriona (not sure if I'm on sold ground here) and probably depicts Allen Breck Stewart in Cluny Macpherson's cage. I think it's a great, schmaltzy, kind of painting and I'd love to have it over the mantle in my library!

Heathfield-- Thanks for pointing out the correct title "Rob Roy and the Baillie". Now if I can only find a high resolution print...

[Morris at Heathfield]

Close. I have that painting in a book. It's called "For Better or Worse - Rob Roy and the Baillie", painted by John Watson Nicol in 1886.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Close. I have that painting in a book. It's called "For Better or Worse - Rob Roy and the Baillie", painted by John Watson Nicol in 1886.

Thanks for setting me straight! What's the book, and (if you know) where is the original?

[Morris at Heathfield]

Thanks for setting me straight! What's the book, and (if you know) where is the original?

The book is The Complete Book of Tartan. Its accuracy is a bit spotty in places, but it has some nice pictures. I'll have to scan and upload some of them when I get the time.

The painting of Rob Roy is part of the Bridgeman Art Library. The original is owned by the Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust, and is apparently housed in the Graves Gallery:

Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ

[Nick the DSM]

Here are a few more… unfortunately I don’t know much about them.


Best,

Robert

I really like this pic. Especially the dogs. Also the drones on his right shoulder a la Rufus Harley, instead of the left.