Sir William MacTaggart
On the Esk
About this artwork
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title:On the Esk
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accession number:GMA 1045
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materials:Oil on board
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date created:Dated 1961
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measurements:71.10 x 91.50 cm (framed: 91.20 x 111.50 x 0.00 cm)
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credit line:Scott Hay Collection: presented 1967
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copyright:© Family of the Artist
Sir William MacTaggart
Sir William MacTaggart
Born in Loanhead, Midlothian, MacTaggart was the grandson of the artist William McTaggart, the leading Scottish landscape painter of his period. MacTaggart studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1918 to 1921, returning there in 1933 to teach until 1958. He painted landscapes and still lifes and was much influenced…
