William McTaggart, R.S.A., R.S.W.

Doig, Wilson and Wheatley, Edinburgh;
Mr W. Home Cook, Edinburgh;
Bought by the uncle of the present owner's husband

Dundee, 1891, as North Sea, number not known;
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1891, no.158;
Glasgw, Royal Glasgow Institute, 1894, no.163;
Society of Scottish Artists, 1908 as Breakers, number not known;
Manchester, City Art Gallery, no.28

J.L. Caw, William McTaggart, 1917, pp. 97, 102, 256, illustrated opposite p.100, plate 21

STRUCTURE Original canvas. The canvas undulates slightly in each corner. There is some craquelure in the left half of the sky and a faint line of craquelure running across the sky which appears to correspond with the weave of the canvas. A further small area of craquelure along the upper right edge. Otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Under ultraviolet light there appears to be a small spot of retouching near the centre of the left edge and another above the tall plume of white spray of the wave in the left foreground. FRAME Held in a gilt plaster frame under glass; unexamined out of frame. Please telephone the department on 0207 293 5718 if you have any questions about the present work.
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