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Sir John James Steuart, 5th Bt of Allanbank

Before Flodden Field

No reserve

Lot Closed

April 10, 12:19 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Sir John James Steuart, 5th Bt of Allanbank

Rome 1779–1849 Edinburgh

Before Flodden Field


oil on paper, laid down on canvas

unframed: 67.4 x 100 cm.; 26½ x 39⅜ in.

framed: 83 x 114.6 cm.; 32¾ x 45⅛ in.

This work depicts a scene from Walter Scott's Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field, a historical romance in verse published in 1808. Sir John James Steuart was a 19th-century Scottish landowner, artist and neighbour of Walter Scott in the Scottish Borders.