Glen Falloch, Scotland, 1818
Glen Falloch, Scotland, 1818
Glen Falloch, Scotland, 1818Inscribed lower right: Glen FallochBrown washes over pencil on two sheets of laid paper joined19.4 by 31.6 cm., 7 ½ by 12 ¼ in.This double sketchbook page dates from Cristall's only visit to Scotland in July and August 1818 inspired by his interest in the writings of Walter Scott and Burns. Later he wrote: `I traversed by banks of Lake Ketterin, rowed upon the waters, visited the lonely isle, ascended Ben Venue and knew all the scenery appertaining to Roderick Dhu' (quoted in John Tisdall, Joshua Cristall - In Search of Arcadia, 1996, p.53). Roderick Dhu is a character in Scott's 1810 poem `The Lady of the Lake' which was set in the Trossachs.Glen Falloch (`hidden glen' in Gaelic) is in the Trossachs north of Loch Lomond into which the River Falloch feeds.){kind=link}
Joshua Cristall (1768-1847)
Glen Falloch, Scotland, 1818
Inscribed lower right: Glen Falloch
Brown washes over pencil on two sheets of laid paper joined
19.4 by 31.6 cm., 7 ½ by 12 ¼ in.
This double sketchbook page dates from Cristall's only visit to Scotland in July and August 1818 inspired by his interest in the writings of Walter Scott and Burns. Later he wrote: `I traversed by banks of Lake Ketterin, rowed upon the waters, visited the lonely isle, ascended Ben Venue and knew all the scenery appertaining to Roderick Dhu' (quoted in John Tisdall, Joshua Cristall - In Search of Arcadia, 1996, p.53). Roderick Dhu is a character in Scott's 1810 poem `The Lady of the Lake' which was set in the Trossachs.
Glen Falloch (`hidden glen' in Gaelic) is in the Trossachs north of Loch Lomond into which the River Falloch feeds.