© Michael D. Schroeder 11 October 2008
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Offered for sale at Tajan (Paris) auction "TABLEAUX ANCIENS ET DU XIXE SIÈCLE" of 26 June 2008 as lot 118
with the title Twilight View of a Lake; estimate EUR 8,000 - 12,000; bought-in.
The catalog says the work is unfinished and unframed, but the former is probably a misinterpretation of condition problems.
The Munger archive page tells
us the Munger painted in Scotland in 1879and this scene certainly looks Scottish. Two Scottish lochs are specifically mentioned as Munger submissions to the 1879 Royal Academy Exhibition: Loch Corusik on the Isles of Skye and
Loch Maree in the northwest highlands. I contacted Stuart Mackinnon at
www.mistyisleboattrips.co.uk
who runs boat tours to Loch Coruisk. He confirmed that the painting depicts Loch Coruisk and sent along a photo to prove it.
Image from online auction catalog.