In this artwork, how is the Exhibitions and provenance discussed?
First exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1850, where it was declared to be the "painting of the season", the picture was purchased by the Royal Association for Promoting the Fine Arts in Scotland during that year. The Quarrel was later displayed at the Paris Exhibition in 1855, being listed as "Representative of British Art". It passed to the ownership of the National Gallery of Scotland in 1897. An earlier study of this painting was completed in 1846 and featured as Paton's diploma picture at the Royal Scottish Academy that year. The Academy purchased the earlier work for £700.According to Richard Schindler, Associate Professor of Art at Allegheny College, the piece bears influences from the works of Henry Fuseli, an opinion shared by Carole Silver, a professor with a particular interest in the 19th-century fascination with fairies. Christopher Wood, an expert in Victorian art, described Paton's work as being "some of the most remarkable fairy pictures".
National Gallery of Scotland Allegheny College Henry Fuseli 19th-century Royal Scottish Academy