About this artwork

This image - a favourite Edinburgh scene - shows people skating on the Loch at Duddingston village. Winter leisure pursuits had long been a subject in European genre painting. We can tell that some organisation went into this popular event - a boat and a ladder are waiting in readiness on the snowy patch just off the shore. Ladders were used to rescue those who fell through the ice.

Updated before 2020

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John Patrick

John Patrick