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Description: | Oil painting, landscape view of St.Machar's from the North-West. Set amid trees and fields. Shows the old course of the River Don and Broadhill in the background. Light coming from the South-West. In mid-foreground is two storey house, to right is a cottage, and left, cow seated. 3 figures in mid-foreground. Man standing with cane, wearing a tricorn hat, blue coat, and red waistcoat. A woman is sitting knitting, wearing a mutch, blue dress, red and white shawl, and apron. Child seated (herdboy) holding stick.
"The old course of the River Don is depicted. The rural nature of Old Aberdeen is emphasised with the herdboy seen in the group of three figures."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1680-1790 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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