Costume and colour | National Trust for Scotland
Written by Christina Young, University of Aberdeen, First Year Post-Graduate Student studying Scottish Heritage Alan Ramsay (1733–88). Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (Newhailes Estate, National Trust for Scotland) Hello, my name is Christina Young and I have spent some time looking into a portrait by Allan Ramsay. It was the extraordinary textile details in this painting that initially caught my eye. What I didn’t know was the research would take me back to my father and his role as a firefighter in Clinton, Connecticut. Dressed for success A man stands proudl...
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