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Baptism in Scotland

John Phillip

Art Funded
1984
Dimensions
104 x 145 cm
Vendor
Fine Art Society
Depicts numerous poor people in a humble interior of the cottage class.

Remarkable for the clear northern light.

Provenance

Painted for James Eden, Fairlaun, Lancashire, 1850; Baron Albert Grant, 1887; Sir John Pender, 1887; J.Pierpoint Morgan, 1913.

Oil on canvas

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