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Painting, oil painting, Baggage Waggons Approaching
Carlisle, Cumberland, by Samuel Bough, 1849.
The painting shows baggage waggons followed by weary troops
and their families toiling along the road to Carlisle at
Newtown. This road followed the canal from Port Carlisle,
where steamers are likely to have brought the troops from
Ireland. There is no historical significance to the troops'
presence in the painting however. Bough's sister Anne
modelled for the soldier's wife with child. Carlisle canal
is visible on the left and the Carlisle skyline can be seen
in the distance. Bough's great skill at handling weather
effects can be seen in the showery sky. See the Carlisle
Journal 7.7.1896 and 10.7.1896
Bough also painted a smaller oil version of this subject
titled 'Convoy' which is now in the Beaverbook Art Gallery,
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Interestingly, it shows
the soldiers advancing towards the viewer.
One of Bough's most important paintings; it marked a turning
point in his career as an artist after which he began
exhibiting regularly at major Scottish and English
exhibitions. He painted it in the first year after his
marriage in Glasgow.
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