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University of Aberdeen
Title
The Battle of Hochkirch, 14 October 1758
Date
1885
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 94 x W 182 cm
Accession number
ABDUA 30648
Acquisition method
acquired from John Paterson
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
"Battle of Hochkirch / 14 Oct. 1758 / 'Other Austrians carried the dead general / into Hochkirch church, and Keith sleeps now / far from bonny Inverugie - the hoarse sea-winds / and caverns of Dunottar singing vague requiem' / Carlyle, Frederick Vol V, 373. / Painted by G.M. Paterson and Presented by John Paterson." ; "G.M. Paterson 1885"
