The only issue left is the signature. The only H McGregor I can find is Harry McGregor. The signature doesn't look right to me. The painting does...
Very good find @smallaxe ! I cannot see any other image under the mountains, now I'm thinking that the original oleograph may have been on...
I contacted the Royal Society of British Artists and they told me that they are forwarding my questions to a member that is art historian.
Photo with light behind it: [ATTACH]
It doesn't look like there is any second layer of paper or canvas - if it was a print then it looks like it was printed directly on the canvas.
It looks completely painted over, I'm thinking now that maybe H McGregor completely painted over an Richard Ansdell oleograph perhaps to save...
Something else I just thought about is that the stretcher bars are the angle-cut kind characteristic of America, and not the straight cut kind...
Here is a detail of the edge. It has a hard edge that resembles a print, but also with some overpainting. [ATTACH]
There are some retouch spots that glow under black light. A hair too. All of the main pigment looks original and doesn't glow differently....
I guessed Harry McGregor from H McGregor. Harry McGregor has a somewhat similar looking signature and style - that said the signature could be...
Thanks again for the info. To complicate things further, I found a very similar painting listed as by Alfred de Breanski Sr:...
Thanks for the input everyone. The surface texture of the painting exactly matches the brush strokes. Is that possible with a 19th century...
Better resolution photos at: michaelgioffredi.com/Files/McGregor/ It is definitely a real oil painting. The quality and style looks...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have Scottish Highland scene (Brora fells Sutherland) by Harry McGregor (see attachments) that is stamped...
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