Thomas Scott Callowhill

Signed with initials l.l.: T.S. ; signed and dated l.r.: Tom Scott. 1898 PROVENANCE Doig Wilson & Weatley, Edinburgh, where bought by Sir David Scott in March 1947 for 12 guineas CATALOGUE NOTE 'Tom Scott was a Selkirk artist, rather too fond of the bottle, who often paid his pub bills with pictures. He could be very good indeed, as he is in this distant view of the isolated and magnificent castle of Hermitage.' Sir David Scott Hermitage Castle, was probably built by the master mason John Lewin of Durham, and dates from the end of the 1300s. Throughout the fifteenth century possession of the castle was contested by the English and the Scots, and additional fortifications were built around the core. This bleak and imposing fortress, set next to the beautiful Hermitage Water, surrounded by open moorland, is now administered by Historic Scotland and is open to the public. The castle and the estate were given to Sir David Scott's forbears in 1594.

Thomas Scott, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1854-1927) Ploughing at Newstead Bridge, near Melrose, Roxburghshire signed and dated 'Tom Scott. 1920.' (lower left) pencil and watercolour with scratching out 15 x 20 7/8 in. (38.2 x 52.5 cm.) Lot Notes Tom Scott was born in Selkirk but relocated to Edinburgh at ayoung age to follow his ambition of becoming an artist. Despitetravelling throughout the globe he remained loyal to the Bordersregion of Scotland and this, along with his interests in localhistory and archaeology, is reflected in his watercolours of rurallandscapes and agricultural pastimes. Newstead, just east of Melrose in the Scottish borders, is reputedto be the oldest continually-habited settlement in Scotland, withsome of its former residents including Romans and also thestonemasons and architects of Melrose Abbey.

Thomas Scott, R.S.A., R.S.W. ( 1854-1927) Bowden Kirk, near Melrose, Roxburghshire signed and dated 'Tom Scott. 1906.' (lower right) watercolour with scratching out 15¼ x 21 in. (38.7 x 53.5 cm.) Lot Notes There has been a church at Bowden for over 850 years with theoldest parts of the current building having been constructed duringthe 15th Century. The church is particularly notable for its fourexternal staircases and eight doors, one of which lead to theoriginal burial vault of the Roxburghe family. For a note on the artist see lot 30.

THOMAS SCOTT CALLOWHILL On the Wye near Builth. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1877. Further signed and inscribed to the back. 21.5 x 32cm.

Thomas Scott, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1854-1827) Penned sheep signed and dated 'Tom Scott. 1913.' (lower left) pencil and watercolour with scratching out 13¼ x 20 (33.6 x 50.8 cm.) Lot Notes For a note on the artist see lot 30.