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Preparatory study for the oil painting The Great Viaduct on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, River Ayr, Braes of Ballochmyle

Artist: Hill, David Octavius, RSA (asc.) · 1802-1870

although inscribed in a later hand "Dean Bridge" the sketch is more correctly a preparatory study for Hill's large oil of 1849 in Glasgow Museums of "The Great Viaduct on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, River Ayr, Braes of Ballochmyle"





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  • Object data
    Datec.1848 - c.1849
    Accession2009.025
    Materials Support paper
    Dimensions Support
    15.2cm x 22.3cm
    MediumPen and ink

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