James Drummond RSA (Scottish 1816 -1877)

James Drummond RSA (Scottish 1816 -1877)
Cromwell’s Bartizan, Edinburgh, 1861
Signed and dated Drummond 1861 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
91.1 x 134.7cm; 35¾ x 53in

Provenance:
Phillips & MacConnal Ltd., London;
Private Collection

Exhibited:
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1861, no.358

Literature:
The Art Journal, vol.VII, 1861, p.86

When the present work was exhibited in 1861 at the Royal Scottish Academy, The Art Journal described it as “the best work of its class in the exhibition”. James Drummond has depicted Oliver Cromwell after the Battle of Dunbar, surveying the surrounding countryside, from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle.