Scottish Landscape

Title: Scottish Landscape
Description: Robert S. Duncanson made several trips to Scotland, probably inspired by his father's Scottish heritage. He created romantic wilderness views that may have been influenced by the novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott. In this piece the warm colors and rich vegetation make a remote scene appear welcoming, and would have appealed to the sentimental tastes of his American patrons.
Identifier: 1983.95.164
Date: 1871
Creator: Duncanson, Robert Seldon
Publisher: Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington)
Type: Painting
Source: Smithsonian Institute
Medium: Oil paintings
Format: 29 5/8 x 50 in. (75.4 x 127 cm)
Rights: © 2018 Smithsonian