1 Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. Ex PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM FORBES 6TH BT. OF e PITSLIGO [1739-1806] m Half length, wearing black and the order of pt Novascotia Inscribed u.l.: Sir Wm Forbes Bt/of Pitsligo/Ad 1806 and no.: 13, and later inscribed l.l. Oil on canvas 29¼in by 24¼in EXHIBITED Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Exhibition of the Works of Sir Henry Raeburn, 1876, no. 288 LITERATURE Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn, 1901, p.102 Guide Price: £8,000 2 David Martin PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER, 7TH EARL OF LEVEN AND 5TH EARL OF MELVILLE [1749-1826] Half length, wearing a green coat and waistcoat, white stock and holding his hat in his left hand Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame 29¼in by 24¼in Guide Price: £6,000 3 David Martin PORTRAIT OF DAVID, 6TH EARL OF LEVEN AND 4TH EARL OF MELVILLE [1722-1801] Three-quarter length, seated, wearing a red coat, a book in his left hand resting on his leg Signed l.l.: Martin Pinxt:/1782. Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame, 35½in by 29½in Guide Price: £8,000 4 David Martin PORTRAIT OF MARY BELSCHES Half length, wearing a pink dress, her right arm resting on a green cushion Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame 29in by 24½in Guide Price: £4,000 5 David Martin PORTRAIT OF A LADY Half length, wearing a white dress with blue ribbons and a black lace scarf Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame 29½in by 24¼in Guide Price: £4,000 6 David Martin PORTRAIT OF GENERAL, THE HON. SIR DAVID LESLIE [D.1838] Half length, wearing uniform, holding his sword Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame 29in by 24in PROVENANCE From the collection of Sir Pitcairn Forbes Guide Price: £7,000 7 John Scougall PORTRAIT OF LORD GLENDOICK Head and shoulders, wearing judicial robes Oil on canvas, oval, in a carved wood frame 29½in by 24in Guide Price: £3,000 8 Follower of Enoch Seeman PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH ALLEN, 2ND WIFE OF ALEXANDER 4TH LORD FORBES OF PITSLIGO Three-quarter length, seated by an organ, wearing a blue dress, a sheet of music in her right hand Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 48¾in by 39in Guide Price: £3,000 9 Attributed to Cosmo Alexander PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN BELSCHES OF INVERMAY [D.1777] Half length, wearing a blue coat, his left hand tucked inside his coat Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 29¼in by 24¼in Guide Price: £5,000 10 George Jamesone PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER 1ST LORD FORBES OF PITSLIGO [D.1637] Half length, wearing a slashed doublet and white ruff Later inscribed l.r.: JAMIESON pinxit Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 27¼in by 22in EXHIBITED London, National Portrait Exhibition 1866, no.539; Aberdeen, Archaeological Exhibition, 1959, no.130 LITERATURE Duncan Thomson, The Life & Art of George Jamesone, 1974, no.35 Guide Price: £6,000 11 Alexis-Simon Belle PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER 4TH LORD FORBES OF PITSLIGO [D.1762] Half length, wearing armour and a blue cloak Inscribed on the reverse: Peint á Paris. Par. AS (in monogram) Belle/Janvier. 1720.. and later inscribed with the identity of the sitter Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame 29in by 24in Guide Price: £20,000 12 David Martin PORTRAIT OF LADY JANE LESLIE, WIFE OF SIR JOHN WISHEART BELSCHES, LATER STEWART Half length, seated, wearing a green dress edged with pearls and a blue waistband, her left arm resting on a book Signed and dated l.l.: Martin pinxt/1781 Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 29½in by 24½in Guide Price: £4,000 13 David Martin PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN WISHEART BELSCHES, LATER STEWART, 3RD BT. MP Half length, seated, wearing a grey coat with the order of Novascotia Signed and dated l.l.: Martin/pinxt 1782 Oil on canvas 29½in by 24½in Guide Price: £4,000 14 William Staveley PORTRAITS OF SIR WILLIAM FORBES BT; SIR WILLIAM FORBES OF PITSLIGO 7TH BT.; AND COLONEL HAY A set of three, each head and shoulders Each signed on the reverse: W Staveley 1790 and 1791 Each oil on board 6½in by 5in Guide Price: £1,200 15 Hugh William 'Grecian' Williams A VIEW OF DURHAM CATHEDRAL WITH FIGURES RESTING BY THE PATH Watercolour with scratching out 28½in by 39¾in Guide Price: £2,500 16 Attributed to William Frederick Wells A SHEPHERD WITH HIS FLOCK IN A WOODED RIVER LANDSCAPE Watercolour and scratching out on buff paper 22¼in by 29¼in Guide Price: £3,500 17 Peter De Wint WOOBURN VILLAGE WITH FIGURES RESTING BY A PATH Watercolour over pencil 20½in by 29¾in Guide Price: £7,000 18 Circle of Sir John Medina PORTRAIT OF SIR ALEXANDER BELSCHES OF TOFTS Oil on canvas, in a carved silvered frame Half length, wearing Judicial robes 29in by 24in Guide Price: £1,200 19 Studio of Allan Ramsay PORTRAIT OF MARY STEWART [D.1739], DAUGHTER OF DANIEL STEWART AND 1ST WIFE OF JOHN BELSCHES OF INVERMAY Half length, wearing a pink dress and a blue cloak Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame 29¼in by 24½in Guide Price: £7,000 20 Allan Ramsay PORTRAIT OF AN ELDERLY MAN, POSSIBLY JOHN WALKINSHAW OF BARROWFIELD Half length, wearing a russet coloured coat over a pink waistcoat with an embroidered trim Signed and dated l.r.: A Ramsay 1742 Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame 29in by 24in Guide Price: £18,000 21 Allan Ramsay PORTRAIT OF DAVID, 8TH EARL OF LEVEN AND 3RD EARL OF MELVILLE (1722-1802) Half length, wearing a red coat over an embroidered waistcoat Signed and dated l.r.: A Ramsay 1742 Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame 29¼in by 24¼in Guide Price: £30,000 22 Charles Stoppelaer PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER BELSCHES Three-quarter length, standing, wearing a blue coat over an embroidered red waistcoat, his telescope in his right hand, a man at war at sea beyond Signed and dated l.l.: C. Stoppelaer Pinxit/1753 Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 48½in by 38¾in Guide Price: £12,000 23 John Alexander PORTRAIT OF JOHN BELSCHES Three-quarter length, standing in an interior, wearing a grey coat over a richly embroidered red waistcoat, resting his right hand on a book Signed and dated l.l.: Alexr: pinxit A: D: 1739., also inscribed on the letter: To/Mr John Belfches/ Advocatt/Edin Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame 49in by 39¼in Guide Price: £20,000 24 Allan Ramsay and Studio PORTRAIT OF CLEMENTINE WALKINSHAW, DAUGHTER OF JOHN WALKINSHAW OF BARROWFIELD Half length, wearing a white dress, a blue cloak and pearls in her hair Signed l.r.: A Ramsay Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame 29¼in by 24in Guide Price: £20,000 25 Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN WISHEART BELSCHES Half length, wearing a black coat with a white stock Oil on canvas 29½in by 24½in EXHIBITED Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Exhibition of the Works of Sir Henry Raeburn, 1876, no.267 Guide Price: £15,000 26 John Scougall PORTRAIT OF LADY GLENDOICK Head and shoulders, wearing a yellow dress with a pink and green cloak Oil on canvas, oval, in a carved wood frame 29¾in by 24½in Guide Price: £3,000 27 Studio of David Martin PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER, 7TH EARL OF LEVEN Half length, seated, wearing a green coat and waistcoat holding a book in his right hand Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame 29in by 24in Guide Price: £3,000 28 David Martin PORTRAIT OF AMELIA STEWART BELSCHES [D.1807], DAUGHTER OF JOHN BELSCHES OF INVERMAY Half length, seated at a table, wearing a white dress with gold embroidery, flowers, a book in her right hand Oil on canvas, in a later carved wood frame 29¼in by 24½in Guide Price: £4,000 29 John Robert Cozens A DISTANT VIEW OF ROME AND THE VATICAN FROM THE VILLA MELLINI Signed l.r.: Jno Cozens Watercolour over pencil 19½in by 28in Guide Price: £60,000 30 Attributed to Alessandro Longhi PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, SAID TO BE SIR WILLIAM STUART, 2ND BT. (D.1777); AND HIS WIFE, LADY STUART, A VENETIAN Both half length, he wearing a green coat, red cloak and white stock, she wearing a yellow dress with a blue cloak, holding a flower in her left hand A 19th century label pasted onto the canvas l.l.: Sir Willm Stuart Bart/ Died 1777/ Uncle of Sir John Stuart Bart A 19th century label painted l.r.: Lady Stuart. a Noble Venetian, inscribed on the reverse of the canvas: Lady Stuart/ a noble Venetian/ Spouse of Sir W.m Stuart/ died at Paris Cirr 1779 A pair, both oil on canvas, in carved giltwood frames Each 47in by 35½in Guide Price: £18,000 .