Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 5th March 2025
Lot 283A
James Drummond RSA (Scottish 1816 -1877)
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £10710
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Description
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.