{"product_id":"jacobite-nobility-oil-portrait-kenneth-sutherland-3rd-lord-duffus-after-richard-waitt","title":"Jacobite Nobility Oil Portrait Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus After Richard Waitt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus — Victorian Portrait After Richard Waitt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Romantic Late 19th-Century Interpretation of an Important Early Scottish Highland Portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Distinguished late Victorian oil portrait after Richard Waitt’s original of approximately 1712.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Represents Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus, in full Highland hunting dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Richly observed red coat, lace cravat, tartan stockings, sword and powdered periwig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Accompanied by a large hunting hound and game bird within a Highland landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• The sitter became a supporter of the 1715 Jacobite rising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• An evocative union of aristocratic portraiture, sporting symbolism and Scottish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Painted by an unidentified British School artist in approximately 1870.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Historically lined and subsequently professionally cleaned and restored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Scottish auction provenance from Taylors Auction Rooms of Montrose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Privately loaned and exhibited at the Famous Lord Hill Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Recently framed using a Larson-Juhl moulding and low-reflection AR70 glazing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Victorian Encounter with Scotland’s Jacobite Past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis atmospheric late 19th-century portrait revisits one of the most recognisable surviving images of early Highland aristocracy: Richard Waitt’s portrait of Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present oil on canvas was painted in approximately 1870, more than 150 years after Waitt created his original composition around 1712. Its unknown artist preserves the sitter’s elegant hunting costume, sword, hound and dramatic Scottish setting while translating the image for a Victorian audience fascinated by clan history and Jacobite romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is both a portrait of an individual nobleman and a later meditation upon a vanished Highland world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: Unidentified British School artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist attribution: After Richard Waitt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSitter: Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate: Circa 1870\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal composition: Painted by Richard Waitt about 1712\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium: Oil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignature: Unsigned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Historical and aristocratic portraiture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubject associations: Scotland, Highland dress, hunting and Jacobite history\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresentation: Larson-Juhl moulded frame with AR70 glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenneth Sutherland stands with one hand resting upon his sword, his full-length figure dominating the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis vivid red coat provides a striking contrast with the white lace of his cravat and cuffs. Tartan stockings, a powdered periwig and formal footwear combine fashionable aristocratic dress with Highland identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeside him sits a large hunting hound whose upward gaze introduces a note of fidelity and companionship. A game bird placed across the foreground completes the hunting narrative and associates the sitter with land, privilege and sporting culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe landscape beyond is transformed by shifting light and gathering clouds. It gives the portrait a sense of place while anticipating the romantic treatment of Scotland that became especially popular during the Victorian period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour and Technique\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist uses a controlled range of crimson, warm brown, green and blue-grey to create a dignified yet atmospheric presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine modelling describes the sitter’s face, lace and costume, while broader and more expressive strokes animate the animal, vegetation and distant landscape. Carefully placed highlights across the coat and cuffs draw the figure forward from the darker surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting respects the formal structure of Waitt’s original but possesses the softened tonal character expected of a later 19th-century interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sitter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus, was a Scottish nobleman whose life became closely connected with the political divisions of the early 18th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough he had supported the Act of Union in 1707, he later joined the Jacobite rising of 1715 in support of the exiled Stuart dynasty. Following its defeat, his title and estates were forfeited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuffus escaped abroad but was subsequently captured and confined in the Tower of London. After his release in 1717, he entered Russian naval service and eventually rose to senior rank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died in 1734. The date 1732 sometimes attached to later descriptions of the portrait is incorrect: Waitt’s original dates from about 1712, and the sitter survived until 1734.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Original Portrait and Richard Waitt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Waitt was a Scottish painter active during the opening decades of the 18th century. Born in 1684, he initially worked as a decorative painter before becoming particularly associated with portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis documented Highland portraits are important records of Scottish dress and aristocratic culture before the later romanticisation of tartan and clan identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaitt’s original portrait of Lord Duffus, now in the National Galleries of Scotland, was painted before the sitter participated in the Jacobite rising. It presents him as an aristocratic sportsman and “hunter of deer,” rather than as an overt political rebel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present work is correctly described as “after Richard Waitt.” This means that its unidentified Victorian painter followed Waitt’s composition. It does not suggest that the canvas was painted by Waitt, his studio or an immediate follower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Victorian Historical Interpretation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late 19th century, the Jacobite era had become a powerful source of artistic and literary inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictorian audiences admired images of Highland nobility for their combination of historical drama, clan identity and romantic landscape. A later copy of Waitt’s portrait would therefore have carried associations extending beyond its original hunting context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLord Duffus’s eventual support for the Stuart cause transformed his image into that of a romantic Jacobite nobleman—an interpretation reinforced by the tartan costume, sword, hound and storm-lit Scottish setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame and Conservation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas has been historically lined. Evidence on the reverse associates the lining material or support with Winsor \u0026amp; Newton of London. Without a surviving treatment record, this should not be presented as proof that Winsor \u0026amp; Newton personnel performed the relining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore recently, the painting was professionally cleaned and restored by a Chertsey-area picture restorer in Surrey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has been newly presented in a decorative Larson-Juhl moulded frame fitted with AR70 anti-reflective glass. The glazing provides excellent clarity while blocking approximately 70% of ultraviolet light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance and Exhibition History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaylors Auction Rooms (Montrose) Ltd, Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessionally researched and catalogued by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivately loaned and exhibited at the Famous Lord Hill Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed height: 74 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed width: 53.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed depth: 2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Collect This Portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• A recognised Scottish historical sitter with a compelling Jacobite biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Based upon an important portrait in the National Galleries of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Particularly decorative combination of Highland costume, hunting hound and dramatic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Strong appeal for collectors of Scottish, Jacobite, sporting and aristocratic portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Professionally restored and recently reframed for immediate display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Compact dimensions suitable for a study, library, entrance hall or curated portrait wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait is in good restored and display-ready condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas has been historically lined. It has subsequently undergone professional cleaning and restoration, and the painted surface presently appears stable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinor craquelure and other age-related characteristics remain visible, as expected of a late 19th-century oil painting. The conservation history should be considered an integral part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Larson-Juhl frame and AR70 glazing are recent additions and present well. 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