Loch Tay Looking West

Edwin Aaron Penley (1826 - 1893)

Watercolour on paper

1890

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Finland
    City: Helsinki
    Place: British Embassy

    This delicately-coloured, detailed watercolour shows a picturesque view in Scotland. Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire.

  • About the artist
    Drawing master, miniature painter and landscape watercolourist Edwin Aaron Penley was the nephew of the artist Aaron Edwin Penley (1807-1870), whose manner he closely imitated. In 1861 he was unsuccessful candidate for the New Water-colour Society. He was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint six views of the interior of the royal yacht ‘Victoria and Albert II’ in 1864, as a memento of her voyages aboard the yacht with Prince Albert. Penley is thought to have come from the Marylebone area of London. He practiced from 1853 to 1890 and lived in London, Cheltenham and Bognor. He showed eleven works at the Royal Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street between 1853 and 1872 and also exhibited his work at other exhibition venues.
  • Explore
    Places
    Scotland, Perth and Kinross, Loch Tay
    Subjects
    topography, landscape C19th, tree, loch/lough, stone/rock, path
    Materials & Techniques
    paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)
  • Details
    Artist
    Edwin Aaron Penley (1826 - 1893)
    Title
    Loch Tay Looking West
    Date
    1890
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 18.00 cm, width: 47.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Christie's, 14 December 1976
    Inscription
    Insbl,Sdbr
    Provenance
    Sold through Christie's, London, on 14 December 1976 (Lot 79); from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment
    GAC number
    12669