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Andrew Nicholl RHA
(1804-1886)
BANK OF WILD FLOWERS
watercolour with body colour
and sgraffito
signed lower right; with
Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
label on reverse
12½ by 19in. (30 by 48cm)
Provenance:
Whyte’s, 21 September 2004,
lot 160;
Private collection
€
5,000-
€
7,000
(£4,000-£5,600 approx.)
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Andrew Nicholl RHA
(1804-1886)
DUNSTAFFNAGE CASTLE,
ARGYLLSHIRE
watercolour
signed lower right; with Arthur
Achermann and Son label on
reverse; with ‘Beresford’
inscribed on reverse
13 by 20in. (33 by 51cm)
Dunstaffnage is a thirteenth
century castle near Oban,
Argyllshire. Formerly a MacDougall
stronghold, it was seized by Robert
the Bruce in 1309 and entrusted to
the Campbell clan on behalf of the
Crown.The castle achieved some
notoriety in 1746 when Flora
MacDonald (Bonnie Prince
Charlie’s rescuer) was briefly
imprisoned there.
€
2,000-
€
3,000
(£1,600-£2,400 approx.)