Item Description

Kenneth MacLeay was a founding member of the Royal Scottish Academy; and made his reputation painting portraits in watercolour that varied in size from miniatures on ivory to full length portraits as well as photographs.

Macleay was particularly talented at capturing not only the likeness of his subjects also details of clothing and jewelry.

He worked for Queen Victoria being remembered for his watercolours of her children especially that of Prince Alfred that the was the cause initially of the Queens famed displeasure.

MacLeay also painted watercolours of the Highland clans for the Queen; which was later published as the Highlands of Scotland (1870).

Framed and glazed with Aitkin Dott label.

Picture size: 43cm x 32cm