This painting was executed at Patrick Adam's studio-home Ardilea, at North Berwick. His surroundings at home and in the immediate vicinity were a favourite topic of the artist.

This is a framed oil painting, 'Afternoon Light', signed 'PW Adam 1922' in bottom right. It shows a view from an interior, with a mandolin on a sofa, through open French windows to a garden with a sundial surrounded by green plants.

Patrick William Adam (1854-1929) was born in Edinburgh but settled at North Berwick. He travelled abroad extensively, working in Italy and Russia. Of his varied output, interiors painted at his North Berwick studio are amongst his best works, although he also produced East Lothian landscapes in a variety of media.