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1830 original 1830 oil on papier mache Trump Turnberry

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Early 1800s papier mache tray. With oil painting of Turnberry Castle. Marked 'Turnbergh' Castle on the reverse. The image was originally produced by David Octavius Hill along with 59 other oil paintings from which lithographs were taken to illustrate the 1841 publiction of the book 'Land Of Burns' . One of the other oil paintings - 'The Inside Of Burn's cottage' - from which engraved illustrations for the book were taken is in the 'National Galleries Scotlant' collection. Shown next last image above is the engraving from the book. The attribution is of D.O.Hill and the printer John Horsburgh who also produced prints for JMW Turner amonst others. The engraving in the book is quite small. From Wikipedia's entry concerning Hill " ......he was among the artists dissatisfied with the Institution who established a separate Scottish Academy in 1829 with the assistance of his close friend Henry Cockburn. A year later Hill took on unpaid secretarial duties. He sought commissions in book illustration, with four sketches being used to illustrate The Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway Prospectus in 1832"... During this period it was common practice for Jennings & Betteridge and high quality papier mache manufactureres to employ top artists of the day to paint scenes on artifacts made from their newly invented and very lucrative papier mache material. Given that Hill was looking for commissions it might have been entirely possible that they employ Hill to paint this scene on their product. The hand does look very much like that of Hill. Whether by Hill or not, the tray will have been contemporary with the book, many of these high quality trays appeared in the 1830s before the advent of more industrialised production in the 1840s. Currently Turnberry Castle is a part of the Trump Turnberry Golf Resort, and a lighthouse erected on the castle in 1900 to avoid the shipwreck pictured is now the 'Lighthouse Suite' in that resort. A similar modern rendition scene to the one depicted on the tray hangs in the hall/stairwell of the lighthouse suite. this however is the two hundred year old real deal. Robert the Bruce, another Nationalist Renegade was the previous occupant of the castle more than 500 hundred years ago..

Original Early 1800s oil papier mache tray Trump Turnberry Castle Land Of Burns

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This is an early 1800s oil painting on a papier mache tray of what is now Trump Turnberry Castle - the previous encumbent King Robert the Bruce in about 1300. Today a lighthouse built on the site in 1900 is The (£7000 a night) Lighthouse-Suite, one of the most exclusive hotel suites in the world at Trump Turnberry golf resort and the view shown on the tray is painted from what is now The 'King Robert the Bruce' Course at his resort. A similar modern painting hangs in the stairway hall of the light-house suite today.

However I'm sure Donald himself would also appreciate this early 1800s 'real deal' and the fact that the site was worthy of such a painting as early as 1800. Its even nicer that such a fine painting is on a tray - the original intention of the tray manufacturers being to link function with the highest quality aesthetic - which is what Trump golf courses do so well.

The maximum width of the tray is 32 inches and it is heavy.

(Before about 1830-40 - there was a penchant for a newly developed and very lucrative papier mache industry (using a new resin binder with the paper to make it strong) to paint their wares with top level oil paintings - making them suitable for use by royalty etc. This is a period example of that genre. Such trays are each unique works of art in themselves; and to find this one, with Turnberry castle depicted, and painted so well, is lucky to say the least after 200 years.

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