Old Norham on Tweed

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Samuel J Lamorna Birch
Born Egremont, 1869-1955

Old Norham on Tweed
Oil on canvas

Purchased May 1946 from the Roayl Academy
Museum number 5-1946

Birch was a prolific artist who worked in the Mills in Manchester and Lancaster and painted in his spare time.

This picture is painted onto a thick canvas which gives the painting its specific texture. The painting, with its low horizon, huge grey sky and birds circling overhead, is very dramatic.