1961
Oil on board
31.5 x 41.5 cm
Unknown collection (see timeline)
Still Life Shell and Post Office Commissions Animals | Birds Commissioned Works Works | 1960 to 1969 Seascapes | Coastal Scenes Landscapes | Gardens Still Life within a Scene
Other measurements: 31.5 x 41.5 cm; 31 x 41 cm
Caithness Dunnet Head Scotland John O'Groat Journal Orkneys P. Scotica Puntland Firth Scottish Primula bird blanket breakers cliffs fishing boat flowers fog horn gravestone headstone lighthouses mysterious newspaper pottery runes skull souterrain stone stone walls tartan tern trawlers wall wavesOver many decades Shell commissioned well known artists to do paintings of different parts of Britain for use in their advertising materials. RE was asked to do six, including this one of Dunnet Head in Caithness, the most northerly point in mainland Scotland. Images of the painting were used in a Shilling Guide of the area and on a calendar. The painting depicts the view across the Pentland Firth towards the Orkneys, and includes many local features.
John O’ Groats, which many consider as the most northerly point of the mainland of Britain, is within the county of Caithness. In this Shilling Guide, produced jointly by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., the author claims that the most northerly point of Britain is in fact Dunnet Head in Caithness. Artist Richard Eurich depicts the view from Dunnet Head out to the Orkneys across the seaway of the Pentland Firth. North Highlands: Orkney and Shetland, cover art by Richard Eurich, 1964. Shilling Guide.
Sketch_00-005 Wick Trawler (c1959)
Primula (WK97): Trawler registered in Wick, Caithness, Scotland from 1946 until 1998.
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Richard Eurich Paintings
Sketch_20-108 Orkneys from Dunnet Head, lighthouse and fog horns (23rd Sep 1959)
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Richard Eurich Paintings
North Highlands Orkney and Shetland Shilling Guide
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Shell Heritage Art Collection
Richard painting Caithness, watched by the family dog Star.
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Richard Eurich Paintings / photo by Crispin Eurich
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