Bidspirit auction | 19th Century Iain Ross Watercolor

19th Century Iain Ross Watercolor On Paper Scottish Landscape - A 20th-century watercolor painting on paper by Iain Ross, depicting a coastal scene in the Scottish Highlands. 57cm wide . 44cm tall The composition features a single young stag grazing on a rocky, windswept bluff overlooking a vast, silvery estuary. The artist has utilized a muted palette of blues, grays, and ochres to capture the atmospheric quality of a distant rain squall over a desolate shoreline. The work is mounted behind a wide cream mat and housed in a contemporary gilt-wood frame. The painting is signed Iain Ross 74 in black ink at the lower right corner. The reverse features an adhesive gallery label from John Mathieson and Co., fine art dealers located at 48 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. A secondary handwritten label identifies the subject as a Very Young Stag Near Strathy, Sutherland. An additional handwritten inventory number 3/321 is present on the backing board.