Lot 181: WILLIAM HACKSTOUN (SCOTTISH 1855 - 1921) A VIEW OF

WILLIAM HACKSTOUN (SCOTTISH 1855 - 1921) A VIEW OF EDINBURGH watercolour on paper, signed 45cm x 30cm Note : William Hackstoun was born in Balbreakie, Kennoway (Fife, Scotand) and was a close friend of art critic, artist and poet John Ruskin and painter Dugald Sutherland MacColl. Examples of his work can be seen in provincial and national art collections, including that of the National Galleries of Scotland. He was first commissioned to draw French cathedral towns by Ruskin and spent several years in London before settling in St Andrews, painting Fife landscapes, villages and seascapes.