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Kilchurn Castle
Thomas Miles Richardson, Jr. (English, 1813–1890)
1866
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.7 x 27.0 cm (6 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James Howard Means
Accession Number44.789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
DescriptionForeground rocks brown and gray with touches of yellow, green, and pink; castle pale brown with yellow lights, among blue-green trees, reflected in bright blue lake; blue hills in the distance; pale blue sky with warm-tinted clouds. Kilchurn Castle is on Loch Awe, Scotland, and dates from 1440. It was formerly held by the Campbells.
Signed
Lower left: T.M. Richardson 1866
InscriptionsLL in wash: T.M. Richardson 1866
ProvenanceColl.: Charles Franklin Shimmin, Boston; Gift of Mrs. James Howard Means to MFA; November 9, 1944