New Aberdeen

Artist Alexander Nasmyth (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1758 - 1840)

Datec. 1807

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 50.7 cm, Width: 73.2 cm
Frame: Height: 63.7 cm, Width: 86 cm

AcquisitionOwned by Aberdeen City Council under the curatorial care of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 07

Object numberABDCC001059

Keywords

About MeThis is one of a pair of paintings executed by the well known Edinburgh-based landscape artist Alexander Nasmyth. The two views, prospects of Old and New Aberdeen, were commissioned by the Aberdonian John Ewen.

Nasmyth based the paintings on watercolour studies by the Aberdeen artist Robert Seaton, which had also been commissioned by Ewen in March 1806. Nasmyth altered the images to some extent - here replacing Seaton's original figure group with a distinctly Scottish one - including a Highlander in a kilt. Nasmyth's paintings were subsequestly engraved by F.C. Lewis and published by Ewen in 1808.
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Anyone who says Aberdeen had much better weather in 1807 than it does now probably wasn’t there. Naysmith painted this when half the harbour had been destroyed by a storm!

Exhibitions

Gallery 07 - Exploring Art