Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Fine Art Collection |
Culture |
Scottish |
Catalogue Number |
1977.1106 |
Creator |
Reid, Samuel (1854-1919) |
Role |
Artist |
Title |
An Old English Orchard |
Object Name |
Painting, Oil |
Description |
Oil painting on canvas entitled 'An Old English Orchard' by Samuel Reid (1854 Aberdeen - 1919). Signed 'S. Reid' at the lower left by the artist. The work shows a rural scene in an orchard with a young woman wearing a long light coloured dress and bonnet picking blossom with a house and trees in the background. Light blue sky. |
Dimensions |
H-39.5 W-54.5 cm |
Material |
Wood/Canvas/Oil Paint/Glass |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Technique |
Oil painting |
Signature Location |
lower left |
Signed Name |
S. Reid |
Acquisition |
Peter Henderson Mackellar Bequest 1913 |
People |
Reid, Samuel, 1854-1919, artist |
Bibiographic Ref. |
1928: Catalogue of Pictures in the McLean Museum published by the McLean Museum, Greenock in 1928. Listed as no.69. 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 92. |