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John Coutts

(1699-1751), Lord Provost of Edinburgh

Sitter in 2 portraits

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John Coutts, by James Macardell, published by  Alexander Palmer, after  Allan Ramsay - NPG D1530

John Coutts

by James Macardell, published by Alexander Palmer, after Allan Ramsay
mezzotint, published 1754
NPG D1530

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John Coutts

by James Macardell, published by Alexander Palmer, after Allan Ramsay
mezzotint, published 1754
NPG D20204

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Robin H Rodger (Documentation Officer Royal Scottish Academy)

24 June 2019, 11:54

Good morning

The mezzotint portrait of Lord Provost John Coutts of Edinburgh after A Ramsay, a copy of which we hold in the Royal Scottish Academy Collections, was published about February/March 1754.

Alexander Palmer the publisher advertised the print as "just Published" in the Caledonian Mercury newspaper of 1754-03-07.