This self-portrait by Scottish artist Andrew Geddes is dated 1812, only two years after Geddes established his own portrait studio in Edinburgh. Geddes was a knowledgeable enthusiast of the Old Masters and his work is influenced by their rich colours and vigorous brush work. This portrait shows the artist in fashionable ‘fancy dress’ that is reminiscent of paintings by seventeenth-century Flemish artist Van Dyck. Geddes is wearing a red satin coat with full sleeves, a Dutch-style falling collar and a cream-coloured cap. The painting is on long-term loan from the Society of Antiquaries and bears on its back the seal and signature of the 11th Earl of Buchan, who probably sold or donated the portrait to the Society.