January 1852: West of Scotland Academy Exhibition – Gold Medals for Sam Bough and John M. (Milne) Donald
A short notice on page two of the North British Daily Mail, on Thursday the 15th of January,
1852, reads:
“FINE ARTS.—The members of the West of Scotland Academy of the Fine Arts have
awarded their first prize of a gold medal and £10, to Samuel Bough, Esq., for his picture
in the present exhibition of a ‘Forest Glade, Cadzow;’ and their second prize of a gold
medal to John M. Donald, Esq., for his picture of ‘Fin Glen, Campsie.'”
The British Newspaper Archive.
George Fairfull-Smith, June 2025.