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This work is the first painting that Melville exhibited at the Royal Academy, and a work in which he signalled a radical advance in his own development.
Cabbage Garden by Arthur Melville, 1877
© Scottish National Gallery
Details
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas Dimensions: 46 x 30.5cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £15,000 ( Total: £35,757; Tax remission)
- Acquired in:
- 2007
- Vendor:
- Andrew McIntosh Patrick through the Fine Art Society
In this picture he not only located his work specifically in East Lothian but also illustrated his awareness of European artistic developments, especially the work of Barbizion and Hague school artists. Furthermore, it can be seen as a precedent for Guthrie's iconic 'A Hind's Daughter', a centrepiece of the National Gallery of Scotland's world class Glasgow school collection.
Provenance
James Hunter Annandale, circa 1906; ?private collection, 1916; Daniel Shackleton, 1967; Fine Art Society, 1976; Andrew Patrick McIntosh collection.
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