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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 28 March 13 00:45 GMT (UK) »
Brilliant Copperbeech5.  ;D

Middle photo, second row from the bottom (Loch Sunart):
http://www.westhighlandchalet.co.uk/general.html

Gee it looks similar doesn't it?

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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 28 March 13 03:15 GMT (UK) »
 :o :o  Gosh that really could be the place!! Wow .. that is amazing :o
The photographer looks to be in the same spot that the artist was !!!
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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 28 March 13 04:13 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Polldoll on Thursday 28 March 13 03:15 GMT (UK)
:o :o  Gosh that really could be the place!! Wow .. that is amazing :o
The photographer looks to be in the same spot that the artist was !!!
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Only difference is that the photographer was up higher and the artist was at ground level.  :)

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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 28 March 13 09:36 GMT (UK) »
Photograph taken from around here (StreetView) http://tinyurl.com/cbofvus
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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 28 March 13 09:38 GMT (UK) »
The prominent hill looks very like the Pap of Glencoe.

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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 28 March 13 09:47 GMT (UK) »
Not quite the same view, but I think the painting is from a little further south than this.

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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 28 March 13 13:18 GMT (UK) »
Oh yes, it does look very much like it Mike. I've had a look through some google images, but haven't yet found one with the same foreground area as the painting has, though there are several photos showing the same line of mountains.

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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 28 March 13 13:43 GMT (UK) »
Background looks the same as this photo:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42994045
Though I think a slightly different angle and shoreline.
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Re: 1880s Watercolour - where (and who is A H Greig)?
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 28 March 13 13:46 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Ruskie on Thursday 28 March 13 13:43 GMT (UK)
Background looks the same as this photo:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42994045
Though I think a slightly different angle and shoreline.
 :)

Yes - I'm sure that's it. The Pap is a significant local landmark, much painted, much climbed (I've done both myself!)

I used to work in that area - those forests were my patch.

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