Sir Andrew Mitchell

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NPG 2514 is a copy after the portrait by Allan Ramsay, signed and dated 1766, in the collection, 1949, of H. N. Mitchell, formerly owned by the Barons Sempill. A replica, without date or signature, is in the collection of the Earls of Seafield. The modelling of the face and detail in, for example, the Bath star and the wide cuff have been lost in NPG 2514.

Physical descriptionback to top

Blue eyes, light brown eyebrows, florid complexion, white wig; mantle and collar of Bath over coat with gold-embroidered sleeve, lace cravat; black-brown background.

Conservationback to top

Retouchings to area below the sitter's chin, Bath star and to the right of his shoulder.

Provenanceback to top

Bought, 1931, from J. Forbes-Gower; owned, 1850, by Duncan Forbes Mitchell of Thainston, the sitter having married his cousin Barbara Mitchell, heiress to the lands of Thainston in Aberdeenshire; thence by descent.

Reproductionsback to top

By R. Young, published as frontispiece to Memoirs and Papers of Sir Andrew Mitchell, K.B., by A. Bisset, 1850.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, 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.

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