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George Hay
Scottish Interior - Scottish 19th century Victorian art interior oil painting

circa 1870

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A fine Scottish Victorian interior scene by George Hay RSA. A very vibrant stunning Scottish historical interior painting which dates to about 1870. It depicts two women curtsying before an aristocratic man who enters the room. Signed right. Provenance. Sotheby. Aitken Dott - The Scottish Gallery label verso. Condition. oil on canvas, image size is 24 inches by 18 inches. Good condition. Housed in a stunning gilt gallery frame, 32 inches by 26 inches framed. Very good condition. George Hay (1831-1912) was born in Leith, Edinburgh. He studied under Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869) together with William Quiller Orchardson (1832-1910), William McTaggart (1835-1910) and Hugh Cameron (1835-1918). Hay specialised in narrative paintings, his subjects often inspired by Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. He became an Associate Member of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in 1869 and a full member in 1876, appointed Secretary of the Academy in 1881 and 1907. In 1878 he was a founder member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW). He is recorded as living at several addresses in Edinburgh, including 3 Kings Place, from where he exhibited from 1856 to 1864, 16 Picardy Place (1865-1787), 12 Queen Street (1876-1882), 63 Queen Street (1883), 9 Castle Terrace (1884) and 7 Ravelston Terrace (1885-1926). He exhibited 132 works at The Royal Scottish Academy between 1856 and 1913 (and two further works were exhibited posthumously in 1926). His work "Caleb Balderstone's Ruse" is part of the Diploma Collection at the Royal Scottish Academy.
  • Creator:
    George Hay (1831 - 1912, Scottish)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1870
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU853113202632

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