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Scottish Croft - Antique Oil Painting
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Scottish Croft - Antique Oil Painting

19th century
Description

Oil on canvas showing a croft in a a highland landscape. British school, late 19th century. Mounted in a gilt frame of the period and faint signature.

Dimensions 39 x 49 cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
39cm (15.35")
Width
49cm (19.29")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Declaration

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Scottish Landscape Oil Painting to the 19th Century.

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SA1194307
Description
Oil on canvas showing a croft in a a highland landscape. British school, late 19th century. Mounted in a gilt frame of the period and faint signature.

Dimensions 39 x 49 cm

Height
39cm (15.35")
Width
49cm (19.29")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Scottish Landscape Oil Painting to the 19th Century.

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SA1194307
Rue des Fontenelles
Sellingantiques verified Since Mar 2015

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An antique oil painting depicting a thatched cottage in a Scottish highland landscape with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt track.
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Archive I An antique oil painting depicting a thatched cottage in a Scottish highland landscape with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt track.

Scottish Croft - Antique Oil Painting

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Archive IV An antique oil painting depicting a thatched cottage in a Scottish highland landscape with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt track. View IV
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An antique oil painting depicting a thatched cottage in a Scottish highland landscape with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt track.
Scottish Croft - Antique Oil Painting
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An antique oil painting depicting a thatched cottage in a Scottish highland landscape with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt track.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period19th century
  • Style19th Century British Landscape
  • MaterialOil, Canvas
  • ColourEarthy Brown, Muted Green
  • MotifsThatched croft, Horse-drawn cart, Mountainous backdrop, Unpaved track
  • SizeH 39 cm (15 in) x W 49 cm (19 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

This nineteenth-century oil painting on canvas from the British school depicts a rural Scottish highland landscape featuring a thatched croft alongside an unpaved track with a horse-drawn cart and a mountainous backdrop. The composition presents an earthy brown and muted green palette beneath a pale sky, rendered in a nineteenth-century British landscape style typical of a highland hunting lodge aesthetic. The scene includes a rustic cottage with visible roof timbers propped externally, a chimney stack, and a small wooden structure nearby, set against rolling hills and distant peaks. The work is mounted in a period gilt frame and bears a faint signature alongside surface craquelure and minor speckling consistent with its age. Measuring 39 cm high, 49 cm wide, and 5 cm deep, this rectangular framed picture suits placement above the mantel in a living room, study, or hallway as a traditional decorative accent.

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Nineteenth-century Scottish landscape painting often emphasised natural light, rugged scenery, and rural agricultural themes, capturing traditional dwellings like crofts and the dramatic topography of the Highlands.

Artists during this era primarily painted using natural oil pigments blended with linseed oil, applied onto stretched linen canvas, wood panels, or artist millboard.

Authentic period paintings usually exhibit natural surface craquelure, subtle oxidisation on the varnish, period-correct stretcher bars or panel backing, and signs of age along the canvas edges.

Display the painting as a focal point above a mantelpiece or sideboard, or integrate it into a curated gallery wall alongside contrasting modern frames and neutral walls.

Keep the artwork away from direct sunlight, damp environments, and heat sources. Dust lightly with a soft, dry brush and consult a professional fine art conservator for varnish removal or surface cleaning.
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