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Painting Old Chain Pier |
Looking East, along the Firth of Forth to the
Old Chain Pier
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Gordon Hay, Granton, Edinburgh
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Old Chain Pier |
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The Pier The Old Chain Pier was built in 1821, on the Firth of Forth between Newhaven Harbour and he site that was later to become Granton Harbour. The pier was washed away in the storms of 1898. The bar at the landward end of the pier still survives today. |
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The Painting Thank you to local historian, Gordon Hay, for allowing me to reproduce this photograph of a painting of the Old Chain Pier. Gordon tells me that the painting has been in his family for many years, and that it used to hang in the Old Chain Pier until it was given to a member of his family. |
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The Artist Thank you to Gordon Hay for giving some information about the artist, from which I've extracted the following: - The artist was Edmund Thornton Crawford RSA (1806-1885). - He painted landscape coastal and shipping scenes in oil and watercolour. - He studied at the RSA, where his fellow students included Scott Lauder and DO Hill. Acknowledgement: Gordon Hay, Granton, Trinity, Edinburgh: September 4, 2011 |
