Rosslyn Castle
About this artwork
In 1843 this intensely romantic small landscape was engraved as an illustration to Sir Thomas Dick Lauder’s account of Queen Victoria’s progress through Scotland in 1842, and titled Roslin Castle from near the Linn. The Queen and Prince Albert visited Rosslyn on 14 September. Rosslyn Glen is a very picturesque area in the Pentland Hills to the south-west of Edinburgh. There is a wealth of legend associated with the Castle, Chapel and Glen that has attracted countless artists, writers and antiquaries for over two hundred years. Until recently the picture was thought to depict Hawthornden Castle, situated a short distance from Rosslyn and best known as the home of the seventeenth-century gentleman poet William Drummond.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Horatio McCulloch (1805 - 1867) Scottish
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title:Rosslyn Castle
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date created:Before 1843
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materials:Oil on canvas laid on panel
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measurements:35.60 x 51.00 cm; Framed: 51.00 x 66.00 x 6.00 cm
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credit line:Bequest of Mr and Mrs G D Robinson through Art Fund, 1988
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accession number:NG 2456
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Horatio McCulloch
Horatio McCulloch
McCulloch's landscape paintings celebrate the romantic scenery of the Scottish Highlands, emphasising its dramatic grandeur. McCulloch, from Glasgow, was influenced by John Knox's luminous paintings, Sir Walter Scott's vivid prose and the expressive pictures by John Thomson of Duddingston....