Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . SCOTTISH GALLERY. 89 seen Sir Noel Patons two wonderful pictures ofOberon and Titania; others by Er^kine Nicol,Herdman, Faed, W. Fettes, Douglas, James Drum-mond, Sir George Harvey, Horatio Macculloch,R. S. Lauder, Roberts, Dyce, and Etty, from whosebrush there are those colossal paintings of Judithwith the Head of Holofernes and The WomanInterceding for the Vanquished. Among the many fine paintings bequeathed tothis Scottish Gallery is Gainsborouglis celebratedportrait of Mrs. Graham, depicting a proud and are outlined
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . SCOTTISH GALLERY. 89 seen Sir Noel Patons two wonderful pictures ofOberon and Titania; others by Er^kine Nicol,Herdman, Faed, W. Fettes, Douglas, James Drum-mond, Sir George Harvey, Horatio Macculloch,R. S. Lauder, Roberts, Dyce, and Etty, from whosebrush there are those colossal paintings of Judithwith the Head of Holofernes and The WomanInterceding for the Vanquished. Among the many fine paintings bequeathed tothis Scottish Gallery is Gainsborouglis celebratedportrait of Mrs. Graham, depicting a proud and are outlined; and the great and accurately detailedpicture of the battle of Bannockburn. There is a small full-length picture of Burns,painted by Nasmyth, as a memento of the poet,and another by the same artist, presented by thepoets son, Colonel W. Nicol Burns, and a fineportrait of Sir John Moore, the property of theofficers of the Black Watch. The choice collection of water colours embracessome of the best works of Grecian Williams ;a series of drawings bequeathed to the Gallery. INTLl OR 01 lUI NATIONAL GALLER\ beautiful girl, grief for whose death in early lifecaused her husband, the future Lord Lynedoch, the hero of Barossa, to have it covered up thathe might never look upon it again. There arealso some beautiful and delicate works by Greuze,the gift of Lady Murray ; and one by Thomson ofDuddingstone, presented by Lady Stuart ofAllanbank; and Landseers Rent Day in theWilderness, a Jacobite subject, bequeathed bythe late Sir Roderick Murchison, Bart. Not the least interesting works here are a fewtliat were among the last touched by deceasedartists, and left unfinished on their easels, such asWilkies John Knox Dispensing the Sacramentat Caklcr House, of whicli a few of the faces alone60 by Mr. Scott, including examples of RobertCattermole, Collins, Cox, Girtin, Prout, Nash,and Cristall; and a set of studies of the moststriking peculiarities of the Dutch, Spanish, Vene-tian, and Flemish
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