Portrait of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

1765

Lord Dunmore was an important politician and soldier whose pro-native policy in America antagonised the Colonial settlers and precipitated the War of Independence.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 238.1 x 146.7cm
• Art Fund Grant: £25000 ( Total: £332,000; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Mrs Helen Zipperlen (through Christie's)

Provenance

By descent to Mrs Murray; by descent to Mrs Zipperlen.

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