Lot 39

Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 23 September 2012, lot 500
The Collection of Jim and Joy Durran, Geelong

Forrest, H. and Brown, G. D., Haughton Forrest 1826-1925, Melbourne: Malakoff Fine Art Press, 1982, p. 129

Ayling, G., Smith, I. & The Forrest Project, Haughton Forrest (1826-1925): Vol. 1: Biography and Catalogue of Paintings, theforrestproject.org, Australia, 2016, cat. no. 2.1.037

We are grateful to David Payne, Curator, Australian Register of Historic Vessels, Australian National Maritime Museum for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

"It's a bonnie bay at morning, and bonnier at noon, But bonniest when the sun draps and red comes up the moon. When the mist creeps o'er the Cumbraes and Arran peaks are gray, And the great black hills, like sleeping kings, sit grand roun"

Rothesay Bay From 'Rothesay Bay', a Traditional Scottish Song in Rothesay Bay Regatta. Haughton Forrest, a renowned painter of seascapes and sailing vessels, creates a dynamic scene of festivities in the choppy seas of the bay.