ALLAN RAMSAY (SCOTTISH 1713-1784)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF LORD JOHN MURRAY (1711-1787)
£26,000
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: 22 May 2014 at 19:30 BST
Description
Signed and dated 1743, inscribed 'Lord John Murray / Aide de Camp to the King', oil on canvas
Dimensions
76cm x 63cm (30in x 25in)
Footnote
Provenance:Mrs Mary Foxlove, the sitter's daughter and thence by descent until the 1960s; The Collection of Elton John; Sotheby's, September 2003; Private Scottish Collection
Note:the sitter was the fourth surviving son of the 1st Duke of Atholl, a colonel in the Black Watch in 1745 and general in 1770; MP for Perthshire 1734-61; he married Mary Dalton, who was also painted by Ramsay in 1758.