Lot 55

VEDDER, SIMON HARMON [SCOTT, SIR WALTER]

FOUR OIL PAINTINGS FOR WALTER SCOTT NOVELS, COMPRISING

£630

Scottish Works of Art & Whisky

Auction: 17 August 2022 at 11:00 BST

Description

The Fight in Lucky Macleary’s kitchen [from Waverley], signed lower right; Hatteraick shoots Meg Merriliees [from Guy Mannering], signed lower right; The Dual between Lovel and Captain MacIntyre [from The Antiquary], signed lower left; Die Vernon and her father appear before Frank in the library [from Rob Roy], unsigned; all oil on canvas

Dimensions

53 x 37.5cm

Footnote

Note: Simon Harmon Vedder (1866-1937) studied at the Metropolitan Museum of Art schools, New York, Académie Julian, Paris, and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Both he and his wife Eva Roos (1872-1956) were known for their work as illustrators.

VEDDER, SIMON HARMON [SCOTT, SIR WALTER]