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The Summer Moon - Bait Gatherers

Artist: Lees, Charles, RSA · 1800-1880

Object data

Date	1858
Accession	2000.023
Type	Painting Oil on canvas
Materials	Support canvas Medium Paint, oil
Dimensions	Support 51.1cm x 76.1cm Sight 48.9cm x 74.8cm Frame 78cm x 104cm
Acquisition	Deposit, RSA Diploma Collection Lees, Charles, RSA (April 25th, 1860)

Exhibitions

Liverpool Institute of Fine Arts

Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, the Thirty - Third Annual Exhibition, 1859

Dates: Mar 22, 1859

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy Galleries (N.G.S)

Location: Edinburgh

A View of Scotland, Landscapes from the RSA and Diploma Collections

Dates: Jan 18, 1986 - Feb 15, 1986

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: Edinburgh

Paintings from the Diploma Collection of The Royal Scottish Academy

Dates: Dec 5, 1992 - Feb 18, 1993

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: Edinburgh

Sea

Dates: Oct 21, 2005 - Feb 20, 2006

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy (Library)

Location: Edinburgh

Night

Dates: Mar 22, 2008 - May 11, 2008

Venue: Royal West of England Academy

Location: Bristol

Ages of Wonder : Scotland's Art 1540 to Now, Collected by the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Dates: Nov 4, 2017 - Jan 7, 2018

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: The Mound

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