Figure 1.--This Ramsey portrait shows Sir Evan Murray-MacGregor of Lanrick (1785-1841), Chief of Clan Gregor, as a boy. It is a full-length portrait wwith a sort of misty, wooded backgrond. There is none of the animation we often see in Raeburn's child work. We suspect that Evan's father wanted a more formal, less boyish depiction appropriate for a clan chief. Evan wears a ttan skeleton suit, the only such example we have ever seen. In fact, the portrait of Evan is the only depiction of a Scottish boy in what might be called Scottish nationl dress because of the tartan. The Scottish revival was only beginning in the Regency period. Sir Evan was the 19th Chief of Clan Gregor and 2nd Baronet. His high bear cap perhaps signaleda military career and he reached the rank of major general. He married (28 May 1808), Lady Elizabeth Murray (1808), daughter of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl). He was a colonial administrator and served as Governor of Dominica, Antigua, Barbados, and Trinidad.

This Ramsey portrait is shows Sir Evan Murray-MacGregor of Lanrick (1785-1841), Chief of Clan Gregor, as a boy. It is a full-length portrait wwith a sort of misty, wooded backgrond. There is none of the animation we often see in Raeburn's child work. We suspect that Evan's father wanted a more formal, less boyish depiction appropriate for a clan chief. Evan wears a ttan skeleton suit, the only such example we have ever seen. In fact, the portrait of Evan is the only depiction of a Scottish boy in what might be called Scottish nationl dress because of the tartan. The Scottish revival was only beginning in the Regency period. Sir Evan was the 19th Chief of Clan Gregor and 2nd Baronet. His high bear cap perhaps signaleda military career and he reached the rank of major general. He married (28 May 1808), Lady Elizabeth Murray (1808), daughter of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl). He was a colonial administrator and served as Governor of Dominica, Antigua, Barbados, and Trinidad.

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