John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount and 1st Earl of Stair
Sir John Baptiste de Medina
- Art Funded
- 1996
- Dimensions
- 124.5 x 101 cm
- Vendor
- Trustees of Sir Mark Dalrymple's Trust
John Dalrymple (1619-1695) was Joint Secretary of State in 1691 with the 1st Earl of Melville.
He was the eldest brother of Sir David Dalrymple. The portrait was porbably set in situ in the dining room at Newhailes shortly before James Norie painted the room an olive colour in 1739. Part of a grant for 4 portraits.
Provenance
Dalrymple family, Newhailes, East Lothian.