J. Greenlees (19th Century)

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J. Greenlees (19th Century)

Portrait of Margaret, daughter of Sir William Stirling Bt., of Ardoch, wife of Andrew Stuart of Torrance, also wife of Sir William Johnstone Pulteney Bt., half-length, in a cream dress, green sash and head dress, seated in a parkland landscape, after Sir Henry Raeburn

inscribed and dated on the reverse Lady Pulteney of Torrance after Sir H. Raeburn 1861
oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm)
in a Georgian-style carved and painted broken corner giltwood frame

Provenance

William Stirling of Keir, later Sir William Stirling-Maxwell 9th Bt., undated inventory no.115

Lot Essay

Margaret Stirling (1765-1849) was the fourth daughter of Sir William Stirling of Ardoch (1729-1799) and younger sister of Christian. In October, 1790. she married Andrew Stuart of Torrance, author of a history of the Stuarts, by whom she had four children. She married again in 1804, to Sir William Johnstone Pulteney, Bt., and died without further issue in 1849.

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