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Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872)
Lot 89

Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872)

Looking Down the Clyde River to Dumbarton Rock

Closed25 March 2015

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Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872)
Looking Down the Clyde River to Dumbarton Rock
signed and dated 'C. Krieghoff/1846' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 23¼ in. (45.7 x 59 cm.)

Sotheby's, Toronto, Canada, 27 November 1996, lot 12.
Private collection, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Sotheby's, Toronto, Canada, 24 May 2000, lot 122.
Private collection.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 2003.

Specialist note

The present work depicts a view of the Clyde River towards Dumbarton Rock, Scotland, where Dumbarton Castle sits. In the nineteenth century, Dumbarton was a center for shipbuilding, glassmaking and whiskey production. Cornelius Krieghoff was living in Montreal, Quebec, at the time he painted this work and was likely inspired by a British painting or print of the same subject.