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Description: | This portrait shows the Ist Earl of Stair who was the eldest brother of Sir David Dalrymple who bought Newhailes in 1707. John Dalrymple (1619-1695) was a supporter of the Act of Union in 1707, and held the offices of Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Advocate and joint Secretary of State in 1691 with the 1st Earl of Melville. He is here shown in armour, swathed in stiff, crimson, baroque drapery. Such a costume was anachronistic for the time but lent Sir John a certain gravitas and emphasised his military credentials. Sir John de Medina was a Flemish artist of Spanish extraction who set up a studio in Edinburgh in 1693- 4 and became the leading portraitist of the Scottish nobility. | Subjects: | portrait (John 2nd Viscount & 1st Earl of Stair) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Medina, John Baptist de (Flemish-Spanish painter, 1659-1710, active in Scotland) Æ Circle of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8557... | Go to resource |
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