Lot 353
353
Gregor Urquhart (b. circa 1799), after Sir William Charles Ross, R.A.
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Gregor Urquhart (b. circa 1799), after Sir William Charles Ross, R.A.

Portrait of Charles Stirling, quarter-length, in a dark brown coat and white stock, before a red drape

Details
Gregor Urquhart (b. circa 1799), after Sir William Charles Ross, R.A.
Portrait of Charles Stirling, quarter-length, in a dark brown coat and white stock, before a red drape
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.)
in a Keir frame painted with Stirling armorials
Provenance
William Stirling of Keir, later Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Bt. and by descent
Sold Christie's House Sale, Keir Mains, Dunblane, Perthshire, 22-24 May 1995, lot 475
(see lots 56 and 354)
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Lot Essay

Charles Stirling (1771-1830) was the fourth son of William Stirling of Keir (1725-1793). He managed the firm of Somerville, Gordon & Co., Glaswegian merchants trading with the West Indies. In 1806, he bought property at Kenmure, which in 1816 he sold for £40,000 to his brother Archibald. During the alterations to Keir, he was an important adviser to his brother James. An Italian tour in 1824-25 gave him the opportunity to assemble a fine collection of paintings, presaging the collection of his nephew, Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Bt.

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