The Swaneveltine Style of Painting: Mr. and Mrs. Cruickshank, to Give Instructions in Glasgow, in December 1833

An advertisement on page two of the Glasgow Herald, on Monday the 2nd of December, 1833, reads:

 

“THE SWANEVELTINE STYLE OF PAINTING,

(NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME INTRODUCED.)

MR. & MRS. CRUICKSHANK, from BRUNSWICK

SQUARE, LONDON, and GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH,

the Inventors of the above Style of LANDSCAPE PAINTING,

respectfully intimate to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of

Glasgow, that they purpose to give instructions in this elegant

Style of Painting, which has been so universally admired and

practised, with unceasing pleasure and delight.

Mr. & Mrs. Cruickshank invite an early inspection of their Specimens,

as their engagements in other places will preclude their remaining long

in this town.

This new and attractive Style of Landscape Painting, possesses all the

beauty of Oil Painting, without any of its injurious qualities. The

advantages are, that it is not Mechanical, that it is the easiest method of

sketching from nature, and the process is so simple and easy, that it can

be acquired in a few Lessons, by persons of any age, whether they have

cultivated a talent for Drawing or not.

Mr. & Mrs. Cruickshank have had the honour of giving Instruction to the

first families of distinction in Scotland, and to their Royal Highnesses

the Duke de Bordeaux, the Princess Louisa, Maria Theresa, and to her

Grace the Duchess de Goutaut.

MRS. McKINLAY’S LODGINGS,

109, West George Street.”