depicting Loch Etive, Argyllshire, with cattle watering at the lochsideA substantial and atmospheric Highland landscape showing Loch Etive, Argyllshire, with several cattle standing at the water’s edge in the foreground, their forms and reflections captured in the still surface of the loch. Beyond the shoreline the composition opens out towards rolling hills and rugged mountains rising in the distance beneath a softly clouded sky.To the left a rocky, wooded bank frames the scene, its rich browns and greens contrasting with the reflective water and the pale golden tones of the distant hillside. The painterly handling of the landscape, particularly in the foliage, hillside and sky, demonstrates the confident brushwork and naturalistic palette associated with late Victorian British landscape painting.Signed H. D. Hillier lower left.The reverse inscribed “Loch Etive, Argyllshire - H. D. Hillier.”Presented in a large and ornate gilt frame with scrolling foliate decoratio...