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Ebb Tide, Dundee from Broughty Ferry
Edmund Thornton Crawford, 1856
© Dundee City Council, Arts & Heritage
This large marine subject is a view of Dundee from Broughty Ferry, at the mouth on the estuary of the Firth of Tay. In the 1850s Broughty Ferry was a separate village, a small fishing community on the outskirts of the town of Dundee, which has now been swallowed up by urban development.
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Title of artwork, date
Ebb Tide, Dundee from Broughty Ferry, 1856
Date supported
1989
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
109 x 162 cm
Grant
10000
Total cost
38000
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