The Campbeltown Fair

Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council

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'The Campbeltown Fair', which is dated 1886, was first exhibited at the Edinburgh International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art in that same year. It is one of three genre paintings of old Campbeltown – the others were 'St John's Night' and 'Hogmanay at the Cross, Campbeltown' – presented anonymously to the town in 1904. The native charm and social rootedness of 'The Campbeltown Fair', which features a variety of still-identifiable nineteenth-century local characters, has assured its place in the affections of local people.

Campbeltown Museum

Campbeltown

Title

The Campbeltown Fair

Date

1886

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 61.5 x W 91.5 cm

Accession number

A&BMS: 2000.022

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

1. 'A MACKINNON. 1886' 2. OLD CAMPBELTOWN FAIR/EXHIBITED AT THE/INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION/EDINBURGH 1886/MAC [monogram]

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