Lot 104: Charles Halkerston (d.1899)

Charles Halkerston (d.1899)
View from the studio window at Buccleuch Place
inscribed 'From Studio/12. Buccleuch Pl./by Charles Halkerston' (on an old label, on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, unframed
13¾ x 15 in. (34.9 x 38 cm.)

Property from the Studio of Charles Halkerston (D.1899) and Charles Halkerston Woolford (1864-1934)

The following lots are consigned by the family of the Edinburgh born artist Charles Halkerston and his nephew Charles Halkerston Woolford. Not much is known about Halkerston's life other than through his prolific exhibiting, mainly at the Royal Scottish Academy. He painted in watercolours, oils and also etched. His subjects were varied, from landscapes, figure subjects, interiors and genre scenes of which all are represented in the following selection. The works have come down through the family via his nephew, the artist Charles Halkerston Woolford (1864-1934) with whom he occasionally shared a studio and who also painted lots 112 and 115.

Charles Halkerston (d.1899)
View from the studio window at Buccleuch Place
inscribed 'From Studio/12. Buccleuch Pl./by Charles Halkerston' (on an old label, on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, unframed
13¾ x 15 in. (34.9 x 38 cm.)