Lot 5
  • 5

Horatio McCulloch R.S.A. 1805-1867

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Horatio McCulloch, R.S.A.
  • a view of edinburgh castle from the water of leith
  • signed and dated l.r.: H. McCulloch. 1855

  • oil on canvas

Catalogue Note

The sky terrier in the middle foreground is almost certainly Betty, McCulloch's favourite dog who was the subject of a portrait of 1856 by John Glass and was immortalised as an effigy at the base of McCulloch's gave in Warriston Cemetery.