Lot 428: BENJAMIN JOHN OTTEWELL HRI (BRITISH 1847-1937)

BENJAMIN JOHN OTTEWELL HRI (BRITISH 1847-1937) Droch-Na-Lame Bridge, Royal Deeside watercolour, signed, titled on old label verso 40cm x 58cm Note: Ottewell was a regular visitor to Braemar and latterly Balmoral painting scenes of the valley of the upper Dee. Queen Victoria thought highly of him: in June 1895 she wrote "saw some beautiful sketches by an artist by the name of Ottewell, who had spent several months in Braemar painting, having been snowed up for some weeks in the winter at the Linn of Dee. Ottewell went on to receive numerous commissions for his watercolours from Queen Victoria, HRH The Prince of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of York. Ottewell was also engaged to teach his painting skills to Princess Beatrice.