Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich (1680-1743), Field Marshal and statesman
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
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Argyll’s portraiture was first cursorily discussed by J. H. Stephenson, in The Scottish Antiquary, XI, 1897, pp 51-59, 97-100; see also J. Caw, Scottish Portraiture, 1903, I, pp 125-26.
c.1694
Painting by John Medina, three whole-length figures, showing the 2nd Duke as a boy, with his brother Archibald and father, the 1st Duke. Inverary (illus. Holloway, Patrons and Painters, Scottish NPG, 1989, p 36). Medina moved to Edinburgh in 1694.
1704
Painting by John Closterman, as colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards, three-quarter-length standing to right in red coat with ribbon and badge of the Order of the Thistle. Melbourne Hall (M. Rogers, ‘John and John Baptist Closterman: a catalogue of their works’, Wal. Soc., XLIX, 1983, no.3). Engraved R. Williams (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 3).
c.1707?
Painting by William Aikman, whole-length to right, wearing breastplate, Garter ribbon (apparently an overpainted green Thistle ribbon), right hand on hip, left gesturing towards tents in the right distance. Royal Collection, Holyrood Palace (O. Millar, The Tudor, Stuart and Early Georgian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1963, I, no.502; II, pl.192). Piper equated this portrait with the Houbraken engraving of 1735 (see below).
c.1710?
Painting by Michael Dahl, engraved as a half-length oval with large wig in Garter robes by J. Simon (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 17).
c.1712-22
Painting by William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing with Garter ribbon over breastplate, right hand on hip, left hand on baton. Christie’s, 12 July 1991, lot 156. Engraved J. Simon (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 16).
Painting by William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing in armour with Garter ribbon and little George, baton in left hand, pointing down with his right. Abercairny House. Variants include:
left hand on hip, right on helmet. Christie’s, 15 May 1970, lot 137
baton in right hand, left hand on helmet. Sotheby’s, 26 May 1965, lot 65
kit-cat at The Ross, Hamilton
half-lengths at Crarae, and Lady Capel Cure sale, Christie’s, 20 November 1931, lot 14, from the Oxenden family, similar to the reversed engraving by J. Houbraken 1735 (from a painting by Aikman then in the collection of Sir Anthony Wescomb).
1717
Painting by Godfrey Kneller, whole-length standing to left in armour, baton in right hand, left hand resting on helmet, a distant battle on the left, signed and dated. Duke of Buccleuch (J. D. Stewart, Godfrey Kneller, 1983, no.57). A three-quarter-length version at Inverary and a bust-length painted oval sold Christie’s, 27 May 1988, lot 124.
1719
Miniature by C. F. Zincke, signed and dated. Scottish National Portrait Gallery (PG 1456).
c.1720
Painting by William Aikman, see NPG 737.
c.1722
Painting attributed to William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing, wearing Garter ribbon and badge, left hand on hip, an upright baton in his right hand. Virginia Historical Society from the mid-18th century. The likeness is not totally convincing.
c.1735
Bust by J. M. Rysbrack, all’antica. Christie’s, 5 July 1994, lot 86, and 5 December 1995, lot 96 paired with his Duchess (illus. M. Baker, Figured in Marble, The Making and Viewing of eighteenth-century Sculpture, 2000, p 132, no.101). Vertue recorded a bust by Rysbrack c.1732 (G. Vertue, Notebooks, Wal. Soc., XXII, 1934, p 56).
Rysbrack also designed a monument for Westminster Abbey c.1744 (see K. Eustace, Michael Rysbrack, exhibition catalogue, Bristol, 1982, no.46) but the commission was given to Roubiliac.
1740
Painting by Thomas Bardwell, see NPG 3110.
Painting by Allan Ramsay, whole-length standing in Garter robes, right hand on hip, his plumed hat and breastplate lying before him, signed and dated. Inverary (A. Smart, ed. J. Ingamells, Allan Ramsay, a complete catalogue of his Paintings, 1999, no.10, illus. p 222, no.33; recording further versions). Engraved J. Faber II (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 15). A three-quarter-length version with Sir Ivar Colquhoun 1954, and a copy at Dalkeith.
1743
Medal by Jacques-Antoine Dassier, profile bust to right, one of a series of Illustrious Men (Medallic Illustrations of The History of Great Britain and Ireland, British Museum, 1909, CLXII/5; W. Eisler, The Dassiers of Geneva: Dassier and Sons, II, p 292, no.7, illus. p 302). Example in NPG (NPG 6232).
1745
Monument by L.-F. Roubiliac, Westminster Abbey (M. Whinney, Sculpture in Britain 1530 to 1830, 1964, pls 78, 79; M. Baker, Burlington Magazine, CXXXIV, 1992, pp 785-97; D. Bindman & M. Baker, Roubiliac and the eighteenth-century Monument, 1995, pl.I, pp 152-53; M. Baker, Figured in Marble, The Making and Viewing of eighteenth-century Sculpture, 2000, pp 40-45). A terracotta model is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.21-1888; D. Bilbey, British Sculpture 1470-2000, a concise catalogue of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, p 120, no.164).
Unverified portraits include:
Duff House sale, Christie’s, 7 June 1907, lot 15 (with red coat and breast plate, holding baton, 119 x 101 cm), from the collection of portraits gathered by the 2nd Earl of Fife (1729-1809).
Gordon Castle sale, 3rd day, 31 August 1938, lot 1281 (122 x 99 cm).
Christie’s & Edmiston’s, Glasgow, 10 Dec 1981, lot 81 (89 x 69 cm), from the collections of B. Vernon Wentworth in 1919 and Robertson Aikman.
Doubtful Portraits
Painting attributed to William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing, in red coat with Garter ribbon, right hand on hip, right hand extended downwards, a distant fort on the right; Christie’s, 27 May 1955, lot 6, and Christie’s, Edinburgh, 26 October 2006, lot 3.
Painting by William Aikman, whole-length wearing breastplate beneath suit with the ribbon and badge of the Thistle, gesturing to the left; Hamilton apartments, Holyrood. Probably the 5th Duke of Hamilton.
Painting called Kneller, three-quarter-length standing to right in robes of the Thistle; in the collection of George Agar Ellis (1797-1833, later 1st Baron Dover), when engraved by S. Freeman from a drawing by William Derby 1829 (the drawing sold Phillips, 6 November 2000, lot 33). Possibly by Aikman; the identity was first rejected by J. H. Stevenson, Scottish Antiquary, XI, 1897, pp 54-56.
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
c.1694
Painting by John Medina, three whole-length figures, showing the 2nd Duke as a boy, with his brother Archibald and father, the 1st Duke. Inverary (illus. Holloway, Patrons and Painters, Scottish NPG, 1989, p 36). Medina moved to Edinburgh in 1694.
1704
Painting by John Closterman, as colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards, three-quarter-length standing to right in red coat with ribbon and badge of the Order of the Thistle. Melbourne Hall (M. Rogers, ‘John and John Baptist Closterman: a catalogue of their works’, Wal. Soc., XLIX, 1983, no.3). Engraved R. Williams (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 3).
c.1707?
Painting by William Aikman, whole-length to right, wearing breastplate, Garter ribbon (apparently an overpainted green Thistle ribbon), right hand on hip, left gesturing towards tents in the right distance. Royal Collection, Holyrood Palace (O. Millar, The Tudor, Stuart and Early Georgian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1963, I, no.502; II, pl.192). Piper equated this portrait with the Houbraken engraving of 1735 (see below).
c.1710?
Painting by Michael Dahl, engraved as a half-length oval with large wig in Garter robes by J. Simon (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 17).
c.1712-22
Painting by William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing with Garter ribbon over breastplate, right hand on hip, left hand on baton. Christie’s, 12 July 1991, lot 156. Engraved J. Simon (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 16).
Painting by William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing in armour with Garter ribbon and little George, baton in left hand, pointing down with his right. Abercairny House. Variants include:
left hand on hip, right on helmet. Christie’s, 15 May 1970, lot 137
baton in right hand, left hand on helmet. Sotheby’s, 26 May 1965, lot 65
kit-cat at The Ross, Hamilton
half-lengths at Crarae, and Lady Capel Cure sale, Christie’s, 20 November 1931, lot 14, from the Oxenden family, similar to the reversed engraving by J. Houbraken 1735 (from a painting by Aikman then in the collection of Sir Anthony Wescomb).
1717
Painting by Godfrey Kneller, whole-length standing to left in armour, baton in right hand, left hand resting on helmet, a distant battle on the left, signed and dated. Duke of Buccleuch (J. D. Stewart, Godfrey Kneller, 1983, no.57). A three-quarter-length version at Inverary and a bust-length painted oval sold Christie’s, 27 May 1988, lot 124.
1719
Miniature by C. F. Zincke, signed and dated. Scottish National Portrait Gallery (PG 1456).
c.1720
Painting by William Aikman, see NPG 737.
c.1722
Painting attributed to William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing, wearing Garter ribbon and badge, left hand on hip, an upright baton in his right hand. Virginia Historical Society from the mid-18th century. The likeness is not totally convincing.
c.1735
Bust by J. M. Rysbrack, all’antica. Christie’s, 5 July 1994, lot 86, and 5 December 1995, lot 96 paired with his Duchess (illus. M. Baker, Figured in Marble, The Making and Viewing of eighteenth-century Sculpture, 2000, p 132, no.101). Vertue recorded a bust by Rysbrack c.1732 (G. Vertue, Notebooks, Wal. Soc., XXII, 1934, p 56).
Rysbrack also designed a monument for Westminster Abbey c.1744 (see K. Eustace, Michael Rysbrack, exhibition catalogue, Bristol, 1982, no.46) but the commission was given to Roubiliac.
1740
Painting by Thomas Bardwell, see NPG 3110.
Painting by Allan Ramsay, whole-length standing in Garter robes, right hand on hip, his plumed hat and breastplate lying before him, signed and dated. Inverary (A. Smart, ed. J. Ingamells, Allan Ramsay, a complete catalogue of his Paintings, 1999, no.10, illus. p 222, no.33; recording further versions). Engraved J. Faber II (J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 15). A three-quarter-length version with Sir Ivar Colquhoun 1954, and a copy at Dalkeith.
1743
Medal by Jacques-Antoine Dassier, profile bust to right, one of a series of Illustrious Men (Medallic Illustrations of The History of Great Britain and Ireland, British Museum, 1909, CLXII/5; W. Eisler, The Dassiers of Geneva: Dassier and Sons, II, p 292, no.7, illus. p 302). Example in NPG (NPG 6232).
1745
Monument by L.-F. Roubiliac, Westminster Abbey (M. Whinney, Sculpture in Britain 1530 to 1830, 1964, pls 78, 79; M. Baker, Burlington Magazine, CXXXIV, 1992, pp 785-97; D. Bindman & M. Baker, Roubiliac and the eighteenth-century Monument, 1995, pl.I, pp 152-53; M. Baker, Figured in Marble, The Making and Viewing of eighteenth-century Sculpture, 2000, pp 40-45). A terracotta model is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.21-1888; D. Bilbey, British Sculpture 1470-2000, a concise catalogue of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, p 120, no.164).
Unverified portraits include:
Duff House sale, Christie’s, 7 June 1907, lot 15 (with red coat and breast plate, holding baton, 119 x 101 cm), from the collection of portraits gathered by the 2nd Earl of Fife (1729-1809).
Gordon Castle sale, 3rd day, 31 August 1938, lot 1281 (122 x 99 cm).
Christie’s & Edmiston’s, Glasgow, 10 Dec 1981, lot 81 (89 x 69 cm), from the collections of B. Vernon Wentworth in 1919 and Robertson Aikman.
Doubtful Portraits
Painting attributed to William Aikman, three-quarter-length standing, in red coat with Garter ribbon, right hand on hip, right hand extended downwards, a distant fort on the right; Christie’s, 27 May 1955, lot 6, and Christie’s, Edinburgh, 26 October 2006, lot 3.
Painting by William Aikman, whole-length wearing breastplate beneath suit with the ribbon and badge of the Thistle, gesturing to the left; Hamilton apartments, Holyrood. Probably the 5th Duke of Hamilton.
Painting called Kneller, three-quarter-length standing to right in robes of the Thistle; in the collection of George Agar Ellis (1797-1833, later 1st Baron Dover), when engraved by S. Freeman from a drawing by William Derby 1829 (the drawing sold Phillips, 6 November 2000, lot 33). Possibly by Aikman; the identity was first rejected by J. H. Stevenson, Scottish Antiquary, XI, 1897, pp 54-56.
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.