January 1844: Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts – “Italian Shepherds”, by Robert McInnes (1801-1886), on Display at Mr. Finlay’s, Buchanan Street

An advertisement on page three of The Glasgow Chronicle, on Wednesday the 17th of January, 1844, reads:

 

“GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS.

 

THE Committee beg to intimate that Mclnnes’s beautiful and talented Picture of the “Italian Shepherds,”

which is to be Engraved for the Members for this year, may be seen at Mr. Finlay’s, Buchanan Street, where

those who have not yet come forward as Subscribers may, for a few days, have an opportunity of putting

down their names.

CHARLES HAMILTON, Secy.

Glasgow, 13th Jan., 1844.”

 

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, May 2026.