Important British Paintings 1500-1850

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Lot 7
  • 7

Scottish School 18th Century

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Description

  • Scottish School
  • A portrait of a young girl, traditionally said to be Lady Catherine Hamilton
  • bears inscription lower left: LADY CATH. HAMILTON.
  • oil on canvas
full length, standing on a carpet, wearing an embroidered dress with a white lace collar and bonnet, holding a dog by a rein

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Works by Old Masters & Scottish National Portraits, 1883, no. 492

Catalogue Note

The sitter could be a daughter of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589-1625), who married Anne, daughter of the 7th Earl of Glencairn in 1603.