indistinctly signed lower left and dated 1826,inscribed with
title lower centre
watercolour over pencil
25.3 by 36.6cm., 10 by 14 1/2 inches
Provenance:
With Andrew Wyld, London
This shows the much photographed Loch-an-Eilean
with its ruined castle. It is two miles south of Aviemore station.
Thumbnail panels:
James Giles 1801-1870
Giles was born in Glasgow and was painting the lids of wooden snuff boxes at the age of 13 and was a professional drawing master at 19. In 1823 he went to London and then to France and Italy, returning to Aberdeen in 1826. He is best known for his watercolours of Aberdeenshire castles but he was also a landscape gardener who advised Prince Albert on the gardens at Balmoral.