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A Seaside Toilet
A Seaside Toilet

A Seaside Toilet

Artist (Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland, 1826 - 1900)
Date1868
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 50.7 cm, Width: 35.3 cm
Frame: Height: 76.5 cm, Width: 61.5 cm
AcquisitionAlexander Webster Bequest, 1921.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002195
Keywords
About MeThomas was the younger brother of John Faed. Both artists studied in Edinburgh before moving to London in the 1850s. Thomas Faed made a living as a painter of sentimental scenes of Scottish peasant life of which this work is a typical example.
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Faed made a living as a painter of sentimental scenes of Scottish peasant life. He is said to have done for Scottish painting what Robert Burns did for Scottish song.

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