About this artwork
Drummond was a Jacobite army officer and the son of a Jacobite nobleman. Born in France, he raised the Royal Ecossais under his command in 1743-4. This regiment would be the backbone of France’s contribution to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. After the disastrous Battle of Culloden, Drummond returned to France. He inherited the Jacobite title of fourth duke of Perth after his brother’s death. His promising French army career was cut short when he died of a fever after the siege of Bergen op Zoom in 1747. This portrait is the main surviving image of the duke. It was painted in 1739, when Drummond was a member of the Society of Young Gentlemen Travellers in Rome.
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artist:Domenico Duprà (1689 - 1770) Italian
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title:John Drummond, 4th titular Duke of Perth, 1714 - 1747. Jacobite
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date created:1739
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:61.50 x 46.60 cm; Framed: 71.70 x 57.00 x 7.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1953
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accession number:PG 1597
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Domenico Duprà
Domenico Duprà
The Italian portrait painter Domenico Duprà is best known for his close connection with the exiled Jacobite court in Rome. Duprà was born in Turin in 1689. He studied in Rome some time before 1718, probably in the studio of Trevisani, and from 1719 until 1730 he was active at the Portuguese court....