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Inverlochy Castle by Horatio McCulloch, 1857

Academician / British / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a print reproduction of the engraving “Inverlochy Castle” of 1857 by Horatio McCulloch.  This Scots landscape painter who began professional life as a painter of snuffbox lids and color artist of illustrations.  He began to exhibit in the Royal Scottish Academy in 1830 when twenty-four years old.  By 1838 his reputation was made and he became a full member of the Scottish Academy.  He only exhibited once in England in 1843 but maintained his showings in Scotland where he died on June 24, 1867 in Edinburgh.  The castle was built in the 13th century by John, the Black Comyn.  This wonderful example of McCulloch’s work is in the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

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