Isle of Skye, N.B. · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: Isle of Skye, N.B.
Actual Title: The Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye
Artist: Paul J. Naftel
Artist Full Name: Paul Jacob Naftel (1817-1891)
Date (Painted or Exhibited): 1865-1871
Type: Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite
Size (HxW mm): 237 × 499
Current Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 2022.46. Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2022.
Lent By: the Artist
Catalog Number: 97
Catalog Page: 15
Catalog Description: "The feeding of the rivers and the purifying of the plains the least of the services appointed to the hills. To fill the thirst of the human heart for the beauty of God's working to startle its lethargy with the deep and pure agitation of astonishment, --are their higher missions."
Ruskin.
Alt-Text: A watercolor landscape painting of rugged mountains under a cloudy sky, with rocky terrain and patches of green grass in the foreground and a winding stream to the left.
Image Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Open Access