Attributed to William Aikman (Forfar 1682-1731 London) Portrait of Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquis of Huntly, bust-length within a painted oval bears inscription 'LEWIS 3RD MARQUIS of HUNTLY' (lower left) and signature 'AIKMAN PINX' (lower right) oil on canvas 75 x 62cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16in). Footnotes: Born when his father was commander of the Garde Écossaise, Lewis Gordon was named after Louis XIII of France, and brought up until the age of ten by his grandfather, George Gordon, 1st Marquis of Huntly. A reckless romantic, when he was thirteen, the First Bishops' War broke out, and the young nobleman sneaked out of Gordon Castle (one account says he climbed over the wall) and raised a brigade of clansmen from his father's estates in the Highlands in order to fight the Covenanters. He served on both sides in the Scottish Civil War and went into exile in France after the defeat of the royalists. In rapid succession, he succeeded his brother and father as Earl of Enzie and Marquis of Gordon, and by 1651, he was allowed to return to Scotland. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com