JAMES FERGUSON (SCOTTISH, 1710-1776), JAMES FERGUSON (SCOTTISH, 1710-1776)

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JAMES FERGUSON (SCOTTISH, 1710-1776)

Details

JAMES FERGUSON (SCOTTISH, 1710-1776)
George Keith (c. 1692-1778), 10th Earl Mariscal of Scotland, in armour
Plumbago on vellum
Oval, 83 mm. high, turned wood frame, the reverse with identifying labels

Provenance

Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 25 May 2011, lot 124.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter was a Scottish and Prussian army office and diplomat. He fought on the side of the Jacobites during the Jacobite rising; served under the Duke of Marlborough in Flanders and under Frederick the Great of Prussia as his ambassador to Spain.

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