Description
Watercolour and bodycolour, on ivory in oval gilt border and lacquered frame
Dimensions
6.5cm x 5cm (2.5in x 2in)
Footnote
Notes:
James Graham, 1st Duke and 4th Marquess of Montrose (1682 – 1742) was a Scottish nobleman, landowner and politician. Originally the fourth Marquess of Montrose, James was elevated to a dukedom in 1707 as a reward for his important support of the Act of Union against the Jacobite opposition in Scotland. Subsequently, he was elected to the House of Lords and Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. Upon the death of Queen Anne, he served as Lord of the Regency for Great Britain in 1714 and in the same year he became Chancellor of the University of Glasgow until 1742. From 1716 to 1733 he served as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. Furthermore, he was shortly appointed Secretary of State for Scotland at the time of the Georgian ministry of Lord Townshend. In 1719 he was one of the main subscribers to the Royal Academy of Music, a corporation that produced baroque opera on stage. He served as a Governor of London's Foundling Hospital at the time of its foundation in 1739.