Away O’er the Sea – Hope’s Whisper

Name William McTaggart

Artist Birth Date 25/10/1835

Artist Birth Date 02/04/1910

Title Away O’er the Sea – Hope’s Whisper

Object Name painting

Date 1889

Medium oil

Support canvas

Dimensions (cm) (HxW) 92 × 143.5 (unframed) 131 × 181.5 (framed)

Credit Purchased from the trustees of the late J. Kydd with the assistance of the Friends of the Gallery, 1931

Description

Oil on canvas, seascape, woman and two children lying on grass above a sandy cove; calm sea with a boat taking emigrants from the Highland Clearances to North America in the distance

Image

Accession Number KIRMG:0000.0033

Inscriptions

W.McTaggart 1889 (bottom centre)

Collection Art