The Village of Stornaway with a Shooting Lodge, on the Isle of Lewes
James Barret, 1798

This work is one of the two earliest known paintings of Stornoway. The companion piece is in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. It provides an accurate and invaluable topographic record of the town at a time when Stornoway was beginning to expand beyond its narrow medieval focus. It includes buildings which no longer survive such as the ruined castle of the Macleods and the shooting lodge of their successors, the Mackenzies.
More information
Title of artwork, date
The Village of Stornaway with a Shooting Lodge, on the Isle of Lewes, 1798
Date supported
2006
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
149 x 209 cm
Grant
12000
Total cost
35000

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