The Forefather's Tale

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Will MacLean
Born Inverness, 1941

The Forefather's Tale, 1974

Box construction with mixed media
Scottish Arts Council Collection Bequest 1997
Museum number 1998-28

Will Maclean was born in Inverness, where his father, a master mariner, had become harbourmaster. Maclean spent his childhood between there and Skye, with the result that his art is rooted in his knowledge of the Highlands and his own early associations with mariners and the sea.