Portrait of Miss Lockhart Alexander, bust-length, in a sprigged muslin ruff

Details

John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)
Portrait of Miss Lockhart Alexander, bust-length, in a sprigged muslin ruff
oil on canvas, oval
22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Claud Alexander, Ballochmyle, Ayr, Scotland.
with John Taylor & Son.
with The Robert C. Vine Gallery, Boston.
with The Vose Gallery, Boston.

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Lot Essay

Miss Lockhart Alexander was the daughter of Claud Alexander of Newton (1724-1772) and Joanna, daughter of Alexander Cuninghame, of Craigends. The sitter married her cousin Claud Neilson. Her sister, Wilhelmina, was the inspiration for Robert Burns' poem The Lass of Ballochmyle, their brother, Claud Alexander (b.1752), having purchased the estate of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire in 1783.

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