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Richard Ansdell RA (1815-1885)"Going to the Lodge - Scotch Shootings"Signed and dated 1860? oil on
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Richard Ansdell RA (1815-1885)"Going to the Lodge - Scotch Shootings"Signed and dated 1860? oil on canvas, 75cm by 132.5cmExhibited: Royal Academy 1861, No.376This charming picture was painted at a time when Richard Ansdell was embarking on a life-long love affair with the Scottish Highlands. For four months every year, he would visit from London where he happily mixed with the local people, sensitively recording their daily lives in oils on canvas together with their animals, amidst the dramatic Scottish landscape. Ansdell built a lochside lodge that he shared with his large family and artist friends at a time when the Highlands were being recognised by fashionable London society due to the visits to Balmoral by Queen Victoria. When this picture was painted, Richard Ansdell had been elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy; he became an Academician in 1870. It was, consequently, of paramount personal importance to impress at the annual Exhibition; he was in the prime of his career; he had made it in artistic circles and he was painting subjects that he loved in the place that he loved. This picture is a fine example of a combination of these skills and exuberant aspirations.This painting is unusual in that the two main figures and the dogs share centre-stage – usually the figures in Ansdell’s paintings are secondary to the animals but this makes a charming exception. Here we see a distant shooting lodge at the foothills of what I believe to be the Cuillin Mountains on the Isle of Skye. The gentleman and his lady who will be staying at the lodge are riding towards its shelter before the coming storm arrives, but they have to wait for the ghillie and his boy to catch up before they can attempt to cross the fast-flowing burn. They will be relying on the ghillie for all practical help and guidance throughout their stay whether they are deer-stalking or grouse and partridge shooting.The ghillie, his boy and trusty collie dog are making slow progress over the rough terrain accompanied by two sure-footed Highland ponies loaded up with all the paraphernalia needed for a sporting break in this remote place. The collie dog’s startled gaze back at the main group links the subjects together.The young couple are seen privately exchanging glances surrounded by a group of dogs required for the ensuing days of sport. Here we see, in finest of detail, a pair of glossy-coated Setters chained together; a pair of Pointers; a pair of Springer Spaniels, a single black Spaniel and the ubiquitous Highland Terrier that was a pet of the Ansdell family, appearing in so many of his paintings! The young man is the gamekeeper, and the young woman (his sister, wife or sweetheart) will be the maid at the lodge, carrying out all the housekeeping and catering duties. We must guess at their conversation.With thanks to Sarah Kellam (great, great granddaughter of Richard Ansdell RA) for her catalogue entry.In fully restored condition, relined cleaned and re-varnished. Substantial essentially vertical patch of restoration potentially from old damage which runs effectively from the horizon line to approx 5cm adrift of the top edge is mostly no more than 4cm at the widest point and is mostly positioned approx 2cm from far left-hand side edge. Other finer retouches in general area. The mountain which can be seen rising above the horizon far left-hand side edge has been retouched and strengthened throughout. Essentially fine retouches can be found through approx 50% of the standing highlanders' right arm coat sleeves positioned on the left-hand side of the painting. With further retouching throughout the lower part of his overcoat and trousers. Retouching of a similar character can be found approx 85% of the coat of the dog positioned front and right of zed highlander. The essentially fine and sporadic retouching which can be found within the baggage of the loaded pack horses is less pronounced. Sporadic and essentially fine retouches elsewhere across the sky with a more concentrated band along the upper right hand 30cm and corner. The outstretched foot of the female crofter shows signs of retouching and overpainting. A further notable concentrated area of retouching can be found within the lower part of the mountains approx 6cm right of the horse-mounted gentleman wearing a hat and is approx 3-4cm in length overall and in a slightly horizontal band no more than 1cm in width. The generic retouches are slightly more concentrated along the right-hand side in general. This would mostly take into account more significant or concentrated patches of retouching but the majority of the surface otherwise shows fairly delicate retouches throughout most likely the old flaked paint. The surface is somewhat flattened and the paint is thin in places as a result o the restoration process. Some surface dirt and discolored varnish. The varnish appears to be deteriorating somewhat inconsistently as seen under the UV. Areas of fine and sporadic cracquelure within across the standing female crofter's knapsack. Some areas of the surface have a slightly wrinkled quality which may also be a result of the relining process. New canvas used for reline likely having been aged. For more information please contact the department.
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Richard Ansdell RA (1815-1885)"Going to the Lodge - Scotch Shootings"Signed and dated 1860? oil on canvas, 75cm by 132.5cmExhibited: Royal Academy 1861, No.376This charming picture was painted at a time when Richard Ansdell was embarking on a life-long love affair with the Scottish Highlands. For four months every year, he would visit from London where he happily mixed with the local people, sensitively recording their daily lives in oils on canvas together with their animals, amidst the dramatic Scottish landscape. Ansdell built a lochside lodge that he shared with his large family and artist friends at a time when the Highlands were being recognised by fashionable London society due to the visits to Balmoral by Queen Victoria. When this picture was painted, Richard Ansdell had been elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy; he became an Academician in 1870. It was, consequently, of paramount personal importance to impress at the annual Exhibition; he was in the prime of his career; he had made it in artistic circles and he was painting subjects that he loved in the place that he loved. This picture is a fine example of a combination of these skills and exuberant aspirations.This painting is unusual in that the two main figures and the dogs share centre-stage – usually the figures in Ansdell’s paintings are secondary to the animals but this makes a charming exception. Here we see a distant shooting lodge at the foothills of what I believe to be the Cuillin Mountains on the Isle of Skye. The gentleman and his lady who will be staying at the lodge are riding towards its shelter before the coming storm arrives, but they have to wait for the ghillie and his boy to catch up before they can attempt to cross the fast-flowing burn. They will be relying on the ghillie for all practical help and guidance throughout their stay whether they are deer-stalking or grouse and partridge shooting.The ghillie, his boy and trusty collie dog are making slow progress over the rough terrain accompanied by two sure-footed Highland ponies loaded up with all the paraphernalia needed for a sporting break in this remote place. The collie dog’s startled gaze back at the main group links the subjects together.The young couple are seen privately exchanging glances surrounded by a group of dogs required for the ensuing days of sport. Here we see, in finest of detail, a pair of glossy-coated Setters chained together; a pair of Pointers; a pair of Springer Spaniels, a single black Spaniel and the ubiquitous Highland Terrier that was a pet of the Ansdell family, appearing in so many of his paintings! The young man is the gamekeeper, and the young woman (his sister, wife or sweetheart) will be the maid at the lodge, carrying out all the housekeeping and catering duties. We must guess at their conversation.With thanks to Sarah Kellam (great, great granddaughter of Richard Ansdell RA) for her catalogue entry.In fully restored condition, relined cleaned and re-varnished. Substantial essentially vertical patch of restoration potentially from old damage which runs effectively from the horizon line to approx 5cm adrift of the top edge is mostly no more than 4cm at the widest point and is mostly positioned approx 2cm from far left-hand side edge. Other finer retouches in general area. The mountain which can be seen rising above the horizon far left-hand side edge has been retouched and strengthened throughout. Essentially fine retouches can be found through approx 50% of the standing highlanders' right arm coat sleeves positioned on the left-hand side of the painting. With further retouching throughout the lower part of his overcoat and trousers. Retouching of a similar character can be found approx 85% of the coat of the dog positioned front and right of zed highlander. The essentially fine and sporadic retouching which can be found within the baggage of the loaded pack horses is less pronounced. Sporadic and essentially fine retouches elsewhere across the sky with a more concentrated band along the upper right hand 30cm and corner. The outstretched foot of the female crofter shows signs of retouching and overpainting. A further notable concentrated area of retouching can be found within the lower part of the mountains approx 6cm right of the horse-mounted gentleman wearing a hat and is approx 3-4cm in length overall and in a slightly horizontal band no more than 1cm in width. The generic retouches are slightly more concentrated along the right-hand side in general. This would mostly take into account more significant or concentrated patches of retouching but the majority of the surface otherwise shows fairly delicate retouches throughout most likely the old flaked paint. The surface is somewhat flattened and the paint is thin in places as a result o the restoration process. Some surface dirt and discolored varnish. The varnish appears to be deteriorating somewhat inconsistently as seen under the UV. Areas of fine and sporadic cracquelure within across the standing female crofter's knapsack. Some areas of the surface have a slightly wrinkled quality which may also be a result of the relining process. New canvas used for reline likely having been aged. For more information please contact the department.
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