John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount and 1st Earl of Stair

SIr John Baptiste de Medina (1659 - 1710)

Newhailes

1739

John Dalrymple (1619-1695) was Joint Secretary of State in 1691 with the 1st Earl of Melville. He was the eldest brother of Sir David Dalrymple. The portrait was porbably set in situ in the dining room at Newhailes shortly before James Norie painted the room an olive colour in 1739. Part of a grant for 4 portraits.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 124.5 x 101cm
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Trustees of Sir Mark Dalrymple's Trust

Provenance

Dalrymple family, Newhailes, East Lothian.

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