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Allan Ramsay

Portrait of Lord John Murray (1711-1787)

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April 1, 02:52 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 EUR

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Allan Ramsay

Edinburgh 1713 - 1784 Dover

Portrait of Lord John Murray (1711-1787)

Signed lower right A. Ramsay / 1743 ; inscribed lower left Lord John Murray / Aid de Camp to the King

Oil on canvas, in a painted oval

76 x 63,5 cm ; 30 by 25 in.

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Allan Ramsay

Edimbourg 1713 - 1784 Douvres

Portrait de Lord John Murray (1711-1787)

Signé en bas à droite A. Ramsay / 1743 ; porte une inscription en bas à gauche Lord John Murray / Aid de Camp to the King

Huile sur toile, dans un ovale peint

76 x 63,5 cm ; 30 by 25 in.

Mrs Mary Foxlove, the sitter's daughter;
Anne Foxlowe, her sister, who married the Rev. William Bagshawe;
Thence by family descent until the 1989;
The Collection of Elton John;
His sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 September 2003, lot 182;
Private Scottish Collection;
Anonymous sale, Edinburgh, Lyon & Turnbull, 22 May 2014, lot 8.
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Mary Foxlove, fille du portraituré ;
Anne Foxlove, sa sœur, épouse du Révérend William Bagshawe ;
Par descendance jusqu'en 1989 ;
Collection Elton John ;
Sa vente, Londres, Sotheby's, 30 septembre 2003, lot 182 ;
Collection particulière, Ecosse ;
Vente anonyme, Edimbourg, Lyon & Turnbull, 22 mai 2014, lot 8.

A. Smart, Allan Ramsay: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London 1999, no. 389, pl.149.

Royal Academy, Allan Ramsay, 1964, no. 23.

Lord John Murray was a general and a politician. The eldest son of John, 1st Duke of Atholl and his second wife, Mary, daughter of William Ross, 12th Lord Ross of Halkhead, he earned several military ranks and became aide-de-camp to the King in 1743, when our painting was realized. From 1734 to 1761, he also sat as Member of Parliament for Perthshire and became a general in 1770. Lord John Murray died in Paris in 1787, the oldest general in the army.

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Lord John Murray est un politicien et général anglais. Fils aîné de John, 1er duc d’Atholl, et de sa seconde épouse Mary, fille de William Ross, 12e Lord Ross of Halkhead, il obtint différents grades militaires et devint aide de camp du roi en 1743, année durant laquelle ce portrait est réalisé. Également membre du Parlement de Perthshire de 1734 à 1761, Lord John Murray reçoit le titre de général en 1770, et meurt à Paris en 1787 en étant le doyen des généraux de l’armée.