FIGURES ON THE FAR SIDE OF A LILY POND OIL PAINTING 1878 DUNCAN MACKELLAR ARTIST: Duncan Mackellar (Scotland, Glasgow, 1849 – 1908) SUBJECT: Expansive landscape, with figures on a picnic on the far side of a lily-pond MEDIUM: Oil on canvas-board SIGNATURE: Lower left DATE: 1878 SIZE: Viewable painting 34.25 x 23.75cm (13 x 9 inches), frame 38.5 x 28.5cm (15 x 11 inches) PROVENANCE: From an English country estate auction, private collection CONDITION: Very good for its age; according to a hand-written inscription, the work was cleaned and reframed in 1978; over time and following display, the lacquer has probably mellowed slightly FRAME: A later frame, shows light age-related wear,.