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.