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Sale of art 'untouched' from 1922

Work by a Scottish artist which has remained untouched in his Edinburgh house since he died in 1922 is set to be auctioned.

More than 52 pieces of artwork by John Campbell Mitchell are set to raise £30,000 when they go under the hammer at Bonhams in Edinburgh on 14 October.

Two generations of the family have since occupied the house in the west of the city where he had his studio.

Mitchell was born in Argyll in 1862 but spent most of his life in Edinburgh.

He was a prolific landscape artist in the Scottish Impressionist tradition and noted for his fresh, atmospheric approach and mastery of light....
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