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Melgund Castle near Brechin, Angus
Webster, Mary, 1855, Watercolour
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Melgund Castle near Brechin, Angus
Melgund Castle near Brechin, Angus
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Melgund Castle near Brechin, Angus
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Webster, Mary
Date
1855
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25.1 x 34.2 cm
Type
Watercolour
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Melgund Castle, lying around 2 kilometres due east of Aberlemno in Angus, Scotland, is a restored 16th-century house which today serves as a private residence. The castle is generally said to have been built in 1543 on the orders of Cardinal David Beaton as a home for himself and his mistress, Margaret Ogilvie.
Annotation below painting reads 'Sketched from nature 6th September 1855'.
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