The Shortening Winter's Day is Near a Close (475 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle)

Joseph Farquharson, the Scottish painter, was a natural artist from a young age. His father, a doctor working in Edinburgh, was also an amateur artist and would allow his son to use his studio every weekend. He bought Farquharson his first set of paints when he was 12, and it was only a year later the budding artist would exhibit at the Royal Scottish Academy. Born in Edinburgh in 1846, he divided his time between Scotland and London, where he set up a studio to appeal to all the wealthy patrons there. He inherited the family estate and the title of Laird from his father, and his art style was fully formed on 20,000 acres in the Scottish highlands. Farquharson is most famous for his works portraying sheep, and his finest works often include human figures. Men and women of Scotland going about their everyday labors are frequently depicted in dramatic landscapes. Nearly all his early works were inspired by his rural surroundings, and he went on to make snow scenes his trademark.  He wa