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Description: | This portrait group by the Flemish artist, Sir John de Medina, shows the Hon. Sir David Dalrymple, Bt, son of 1st Viscount Stair, seated with his son, afterwards Sir James Dalrymple, Bt. Sir David Dalrymple was the fifth son of James, Ist Viscount of Stair and led a distinguished political and legal career as MP for Haddington Burghs, 1708-21. He married Janet, daughter of Sir James Rochead of Inverleith in 1691 and purchased Newhailes, formerly Whitehill, near Musselburgh in 1709. His son, Sir James Dalrymple was also MP for Haddington Burghs, 1722-34 and Auditor-General of the Exchequer, 1721-51. Sir John de Medina was a Flemish artist who moved to Edinburgh in 1693 and established an extremely successful portrait studio there. He was knighted in 1707. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Medina, John Baptist de (Flemish-Spanish painter, 1659-1710, active in Scotland) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8556... | Go to resource |
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