Canty Bay

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Samuel Bough
Born Carlisle, 1822 - 1878

Canty Bay, circa 1866
Watercolour

Presented by the Orchar Trustees, 1987
Original Orchar Collection
Museum number 272-1987-12

There are two paintings in the Orchar Collection by bough of Canty Bay on the Firth of Forth. This is a dark and brooding painting. Like many of his paintings, this work is full of energy and movement. The sea is being whipped up into a frenzy and the clouds are menacing.