by Alex Leslie | May 8, 2017 | Portraits & Pictures
Probably by Gerald Soest Oil on canvas 50 x 40 ins. Inscribed incorrectly as sons of the 8th Earl. Two sons of John, 9th Earl and his wife Jean Hay (q.v.) On the right Charles, 2nd son see P30. On the left Thomas, 3rd son. Thomas was equerry to the Prince of Wales...
by Alex Leslie | May 8, 2017 | Portraits & Pictures
Unknown artist (circa 1650) Oil on canvas 28 x 24 ins. Portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Leslie, half length, wearing a grey dress with white underbodice and a pink indian shawl, set in a painted oval. Inscribed ‘LL Mrs Eliz Leslie, daughter of Sir John Leslie of...
by Alex Leslie | May 8, 2017 | Portraits & Pictures
By William Aikman Oil on canvas. 50 x 40 ins. Three quarter length in green gold-embroidered suit. The Hon: Charles Leslie was the 2nd son of John, 9th Earl of Rothes. Joined a Scottish regiment in the service of the States of Holland attaining the rank of Colonel. He...
by Alex Leslie | May 8, 2017 | Portraits & Pictures
By Thomas Bardwell. Oil on canvas 72 x 48 ins Cut from a larger canvas, full length. The lady in a silver dress with a blue scarf, hat and ribbons, the boy in pink, holding a hat in his left hand. In a wooded landscape. Literature: M. Kirby Talley, Jr., Thomas...
by Alex Leslie | May 8, 2017 | Portraits & Pictures
Probably by Jeremiah Davison Oil on canvas, 48 x 39 ins. In Peeress’s robes, blue-green drape. Wrongly inscribed; ‘Hannah, Daughter/of John 2nd Marqs of Tweedale/Married to John, 9th Earl of Rothes.’ Hannah Howard was the daughter of Matthew Howard...
by Alex Leslie | May 8, 2017 | Portraits & Pictures
By James Gunn, signed. Oil on canvas 50 x 30ins. In dress uniform of the Royal Company of Archers. Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes succeeded as 20th Earl on the death of his father in 1927. In 1926 he married Beryl Dugdale, daughter of Lionel Dugdale of Crathorne, Yorks....
