Cuillin Ridge, Skye, from Sligachan EA_2015_28-a including only thirteen flower pieces

including only thirteen flower pieces in his whole career

appears in the horses' trappings) and the idea here of a hunt by night is playful or symbolic rather than realistic

and the pinnacle on the right-hand corner of the roof-line

It is a highly original painting

Cuillin Ridge, Skye, from Sligachan EA_2015_28-a including only thirteen flower piecesProbably the painting entitled The Burn, November the Cucullen Hills, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. The view is taken from Sligachan, looking southwards over the Sligachan Burn towards the Cuillin Hills. It was painted in true Pre Raphaelite manner, on a visit to Skye in the autumn of 1855. Ruskin praised the 'exquisite painting of withered heather and rock' and commissioned four drawings from the artist.