About this artwork
Eckford Lauder studied under Sir William Allan, Sir Walter Scott’s preferred illustrator. Baron Bradwardine’s legal adviser Bailie McWheeble features in Waverley (1814), the first of Scott's internationally famous series of Waverley Novels. The clutter of accessories is reminiscent of seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish interior scenes of scholars or philosophers. Lauder’s highly finished style drew complimentary comparisons with the work of Gerrit Dou.
Updated before 2020
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artist:James Eckford LauderScottish (1811 - 1869)
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title:Bailie Duncan McWheeble at Breakfast (from Scott's 'Waverley')
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date created:Dated 1854
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:67.30 x 50.20 cm; Framed: 89.00 x 71.00 x 8.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of Lady Dawson Brodie 1903
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accession number:NG 915
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James Eckford Lauder
James Eckford Lauder
James Eckford Lauder was inspired to become an artist by the example of his elder brother Robert Scott Lauder, from whom he received early artistic training. From 1830-3 he studied under William Allan and Thomas Duncan at the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh. Following this, he spent four years in...
