£1,100
David Martin (Scottish 1737 - 1797).
Portrait of Robert Hunter of Thurston (d. 1810), half-length in a dark-red coat and waistcoat, his left hand on a book.
Oil on canvas
76.2 cms x 63.5 cms
The painting was consigned by the Hunter Blair family of Blairquhan in Ayrshire. It would have hung in the public rooms in Blairquhan since the present Castle was completed in the 1820’s.
The canvas is unsigned, please see additional images of the back of the canvas.
Re-lined canvas
No frays or cracks noted
In generally clean condition
Slight losses to edge of frame and occasional rubbing
Possible restoration in area of lip.
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