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Piebald Driving (© City Art Centre)
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© City Art Centre

Piebald Driving

Artist: Joseph Crawhall (1861 - 1913)

Location: City Art Centre

Date: circa 1898

Materials: gouache on linen

Dimensions: 36.2 x 35cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £33,750 (Total: £135,000)

Vendor: The Scottish Gallery

Review number: 5076 (2002)

Provenance:
John Nairn; Miss Nairn; Mr & Mrs Robert Wemyss Honeyman; thence by descent.

Description:
A piebald horse trots through the scene with the dust on the road being kicked up by the horse's hooves. The landscape is more suggested than depicted in detail, and has the sea in the background, indicating that it might have been inspired by the Crawhall's native Northumberland coastline.

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