Bartholomew Dandridge (British, 1691-1755) Portrait of William Cuninghame, 13th Earl of Glencairn (d. 1775) signed lower right 'B Dandridge' oil on canvas 123.5 x 98cm Footnote: Provenance: The Cunninghame Graham family and thence by descent, Their Sale, Bonhams, Edinburgh, 12th October 2016, lot 38, when acquired by the present owner Exhibited: The National Trust Scotland, on loan to Culzean Castle by Lady Cunninghame Graham (1901-1998) The sitter was the son of William Cuninghame, 12th Earl of Glencairn and Lady Henrietta Stewart. He succeeded his father to the title as 13th Earl of Glencairn and as Governor of Dumbarton Castle in 1734. On 6th August 1744, William married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Maguire of Drumdow, Ayrshire, with whom he had two surviving sons and a daughter. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1747 in the service of the 9th Foot and later rose to the rank of Major General in 1770. CONDITION Oil on canvas which has been lined. The canvas has good tension and the picture is in plane. There is fine flaking to the paint layer along the lower edge of the picture. In other areas there are areas of loss caused by impact or old areas of fill. In the thinner paint passages of the background there is abrasion. There are a few localised areas of overpaint, but the extent of retouching under the varnish is unclear. The varnish layers are degraded, becoming yellowed and dull. There is a thick layer of surface dirt present.