About this artwork

Guthrie and Walton first settled at Cockburnspath in May 1883. The village and surrounding countryside allowed them to paint the landscape in the open air, and they attempted to form an artist’s colony in the Berwickshire village, much like their French compatriots had established at Barbizon and Grez-sur-Loing. Most of the Glasgow Boys resided here for short spells between 1883 and 1886. During the summer months it was customary to see artists dotted all around the village with their easels pitched up underneath large umbrellas. This sketch was drawn in a sketchbook, on a page exactly the same size as the one used by Walton for his sheep studies. They were probably made when they were out sketching together in 1885.

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Sir James Guthrie

Sir James Guthrie