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The Highland Family

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The Highland Family
ArtistDavid Wilkie
Year1824
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions61 cm × 91.4 cm (24 in × 36.0 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession15.30.52

The Highland Family is an oil on wood painting by British artist David Wilkie, from 1824. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. It depicts the dark interior of a modest Scottish Highlands home. The fahter of the family is seated, at right, dressed in a typical Highlands outfit, including his kilt, with his little daughter, who stands on his leg, and his wife. Two collie dogs are at the center of the composition, near a fireplace, and another daughter is at the door.[1]

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  1. ^ "The Highland Family". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.