A Family Gathering in a Highland Cottage by Thomas Faed – £8500 at Brightwells.
This small scene by Scottish genre painter Thomas Faed (1826-1900) shown below sold for a quadruple-estimate £8500 at Brightwells (22% buyer’s premium).
Showing a Highland family crowded around a table in a humble cottage interior, concern etched on their faces, the 15 x 20in (38 x 51cm) oil on canvas was inscribed to the stretcher Reading the old Book. It came from a deceased estate in Herefordshire and was offered in a two-day sale in Leominster on July 25-26.