Information and photographs regarding the link between a painting by Mary Barnard, her husband Duncan MacGregor Whyte (see 2018.49.1), and the subsequent owners of the painting. Duncan MacGregor Whyte (Mary Barnard’s husband) was friends with Alexander Lang MacArthur, Oban, whose son George was born within days of Tearlach MacGregor Whyte (see 2018.49.2). The painting was passed down the MacArthur line to Iain Alexander Currie MacArthur, Oban, and passed on to An Iodhlann after he died in 2017.
I am very pleased to see that the painting by Mary Barnard (MacGregor Whyte) and the photo of Tearlach that I gave to Janet Bowler for your historical centre are accessable for me to view online. It is a lovely little painting that I was very fond of but I was afraid that on my demise it would have been thrown out.
Thank you, Bernadette.