Artist: John Scougal (?)(British, c.1645 - 1731?), portrait painters working in Edinburgh, after.
Engraver: Thomas Trotter (British, 1756-1803), engraver who very occasionally published his own work.
Title: Portrait of John Earl of Mar, Regent of Scotland. John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar (? - 1572) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician. He was the custodian of the infant James VI of Scotland and Regent of Scotland.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: Published 20 December 1795, by I. Herbert No 29 Great Russel Street Bloomsbury. Trotter Sc. John Earl of ar, Regent of Scotland. from a painting in the possession of James Erskine Esq. of Alva.
Dimensions: Platemark 7" x 4 3/4". Mat 20" x 13".
Publisher: Isaac Herbert.
Date: 1795.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on wove paper affixed at the upper corners together with the next page from the same book with the biography.
Mat and Frame: Matted. The mat bears the label of the Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan (before 1987).
Provenance: Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan (before 1987).
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: John Pinkerton. Iconographia Scotica, or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland. London, 1797. Page 156. Following page with the bio is also attached.
Museums and Libraries: Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Print Room) SP I 119.1
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery collection.