A Girl Embroidering Muslin at Luss, Loch Lomond, Scotland

A Girl Embroidering Muslin at Luss, Loch Lomond, Scotland

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Joshua Cristall (1768-1847)
A Girl Embroidering Muslin at Luss, Loch Lomond, Scotland

Black and white chalk on brown paper
34.8 by 19.7 cm., 13 3/4 by 8 in.

This is a study for a watercolour of this subject, dated 1846, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (see John Tisdall, Joshua Cristall 1768-1847, In Search of Arcadia, 1996, ill. pl. XIII).

Cristall's only trip to Scotland was in July and August 1818. Luss stands on the west bank of Loch Lomond. A sketchbook page from this trip of Glen Falloch, which runs from north of Loch Lomond to Crianlarich, was with Guy Peppiatt Fine Art (see Summer Exhibition, 2015, no.25).

Dimensions:

Height 34.8 cm / 1' 1 "
Width 19.7 cm / 7 "