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Lot Essay
John Faed was an accomplished miniature painter by the age of nine and although he tired of the practice during his teenage years, he continued to supply the high demand for his miniatures. There is no doubt that Faed's remarkable ability to paint oils on canvas in such extreme detail largely developed out of his continued experience with painting miniatures.
John Faed moved to London in 1862, but he missed his homeland so desperately that within five years he and his wife had built a second house in Faed's native village of Gatehouse of Fleet in Galloway. There they spent six months of every year. During this period Faed exhibited at the Royal Academy in London but he also sent paintings by rail to the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Whilst The Pedlar has a firm exhibition date of 1875 at the Royal Academy, it is also probable that Faed sent it first to the Royal Scottish Academy and exhibited it under the title that appears in the 1874 record as Bargains to-day.
Faed finally left London in 1880 and retired to Gatehouse of Fleet.
John Faed moved to London in 1862, but he missed his homeland so desperately that within five years he and his wife had built a second house in Faed's native village of Gatehouse of Fleet in Galloway. There they spent six months of every year. During this period Faed exhibited at the Royal Academy in London but he also sent paintings by rail to the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Whilst The Pedlar has a firm exhibition date of 1875 at the Royal Academy, it is also probable that Faed sent it first to the Royal Scottish Academy and exhibited it under the title that appears in the 1874 record as Bargains to-day.
Faed finally left London in 1880 and retired to Gatehouse of Fleet.