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Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston HRSA 1778-1840
Innerwick Castle, c.1827oil on canvas36 ½ x 54 ¾ inchesFurther images
Provenance
Property of Mary Nisbet, Mrs Ferguson of Raith and formerly Countess of Elgin, Archerfield House, East Lothian by 1838; by descent to Henry Thomas Nisbet Hamilton Ogilvy of Biel and Archerfield by 1895; his widow until 1920; Gilbert Ogilvy 4th son of Sir Reginald Ogilvy of Iverquharity, Winton Castle, Pencaitland, 1921; by descent to his son until 1964; sold from Winton at Bonhams, London, 7 August 1975 (Lot 29), and 25 September 1975 (lot 105); Sotheby Parke Bernet, Scone Palace Perthshire, 13 April 1976, Lot 259, where purchased by Colonel Cowley, Baron of Innerwick, Crowhill, East Lothian; with The Fine Art Society, April 2015; Private collection, Edinburgh
Exhibitions
The Royal Institution, Edinburgh, 1827, no. 7; The Fine Art Society, Scottish Paintings 1660-1860, Edinburgh, July-August 2015
Literature
William Baird, John Thomson of Duddingston. Pastor and Painter. A Memoir (Edinburgh 1895) pp 223, 229; Robert W Napier, John Thomson of Duddingston, Landscape Painter (Edinburgh 1919) pp. 421 and 490
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