SIR GEORGE HARVEY PRSA FRSE (SCOTTISH 1806 - 1876)
THE MOUNTAIN MIRROR

oil on panel, signed and dated 1863, titled label verso
framed

image size 81cm x 122cm, overall size 97cm x 136cm

Provenance: Handwritten artist's label verso
Exhibition label verso: Scottish National Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1908 cat no 1 (having been kept by Harvey's family following his death).
Exhibited Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 1918 cat no 171 lent by Sir George A (Andreas) Berry 31, Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh.
Note: There is a handwritten note from Harvey himself outlining how to care for the painting. As a student of painting, George Harvey so distinguished himself that at the age of twenty he was invited to become an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. His genre paintings showing scenes of daily Scottish life proved popular, and usually conveyed a moralising or religious sentiment. Later in life, He became a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829, and was elected President in 1864. He was knighted in 1867. UK public collections hold 139 examples of Sir George Harvey's work including at Glasgow Museums & Galleries, The Hunterian, Leicester Museum & Gallery, The National Galleries of Scotland, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh, Dunfermline City Chambers, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, The Whitaker and the Royal Scottish Academy.