Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Fine Art Collection |
Culture |
Scottish |
Catalogue Number |
1977.971 |
Creator |
McEwan, Thomas (1846-1914) |
Role |
Artist |
Title |
The Darner |
Date |
before 1913 |
Object Name |
Painting, Oil |
Description |
Oil painting on canvas entitled 'The Darner' by Thomas McEwan (1846 Glasgow - 1914 Gourock). Signed 'Tom McEwan' at the lower right by the artist. Undated but painted befoe 1913. The painting is undated but was created before 1913. It shows a half-length portrait of an old woman, seated, wearing a red cap, dark outer garment and white shirt or blouse and spectacles engaged in darning. |
Dimensions |
H-33.2 W-24.4 cm |
Material |
Wood/Canvas/Oil Paint/Glass |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Technique |
Oil painting |
Signature Location |
lower right |
Signed Name |
Tom McEwan |
Acquisition |
Peter Henderson Mackellar Bequest 1913 |
People |
McEwan, Thomas, 1846-1914, artist |
Bibiographic Ref. |
1928: Catalogue of Pictures in the McLean Museum published by the McLean Museum, Greenock in 1928. Listed as no.103. 2014: Recorded and illustrated in Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Strathclyde (published by the Public Catalogue Foundation 2014) ISBN 978-1-909475-26-7 Section on paintings in the McLean Museum and Art Gallery page 85. |