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THE UPPER WATERS OF THE LOGAN BURN, A WATERCOLOUR BY JOHN CRAIGIE BONE
JOHN CRAIGIE BONE (SCOTTISH 1888 -1917),
THE UPPER WATERS OF THE LOGAN BURN
watercolour on paper, signed and dated 1914, titled label verso and further inscribed 'Sketch begun April 22nd, 1913, finished 3rd August, 1914'
image size 20cm x 32cm, overall size 36cm x 47cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Handwritten label verso.
Note: Less than a week after this picture was completed Bone enlisted in the 9th Royal Scots (The Dandy Ninth). He completed many watercolours in France of war scenes, which were exhibited in Edinburgh in 1916 to “much public attention”. Unfortunately, he was killed in action at Arras on 29th April 1917.
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