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Sir Alexander Keith

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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Full length portrait of Sir Alexander Keith. The subject is seated on a grey horse with golden saddlery; he sits before a crown, rested on a red cushion with gold embroidery and lifts his hat in salute. Flanking the figure of Alexander and set back in the shadows are the Knight Marischal's esquires; the Lord Francis Leveson-Gower is mounted to his left, bearing the Sceptre and to his right, George Douglas bears the Sword of State. In the left foreground George Campbell stands at the foot of a column, wearing highland dress and carrying a sword and shield. To the right of Alexander a young woman stands looking towards the viewer with her hands clasped to her chest, and a dog laid at her feet. Standing between the figure of the young woman and George Douglas is the figure of a man, arms raised staring wide-eyed at the golden mace of the Court of the Exchequer, which is stood against a wall to the far left.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Sir Alexander Keith

Date

1830

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 71.8 x W 48.3 cm

Accession number

1972.53

Acquisition method

purchased from Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd, 1972

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated at centre bottom: David Wilkie 1830

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