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Stephen Catterson Smith the younger, Irish, 1849-1912
Title: The Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Date: 1889
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions:
12.6 x 21.8 cm
Signed: left: 13th August 1889
Credit Line: Presented, Mrs E. Catterson Smith, 1913
Object Number: NGI.6370
DescriptionThe Cuillin is a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The Cuillin Hills are designated a National Scenic area in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin, which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan. The mountains rise up dramatically from the sea creating formidable, enclosed sea lochs, with the absence of foothills enhancing their vast scale. Many iconic views of Scotland are centred here, whether Sgurr nan Gillean soaring above Sligachan, Loch Scavaig and the Cuillin ridge from Elgol, or Bla Bheinn above Torrin. Catterson Smith Jr. painted regularly in Scotland and exhibited both Scottish and Irish landscapes regularly at the Royal Hibernian Academy. In this view he captures the Cuillin range from a distance.
Inscriptionalong left edge of sheet, in graphite: Aug 13 89 Cuillin Hills Skye