Lot 2100
SAM BOUGH, RSA (1822-1878)
DHU HEARTACH LIGHTHOUSE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Signed and dated July 1870 , inscribed Duh Hartach [sic], watercolour and pencil heightened with white
30 x 47cm.
* Apparently a study for the oil of the same subject. The Thomas Stevenson lighthouse (Dubh Artach, `Black Rock` in Gaelic), lies 24km south west of the Ross of Mull (Argyll & Bute) and it was built between 1867 and 1872. It stands 44m (145 feet high) and was manned until automation in 1971
