ATTIRUBUTED TO COSMO ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH 1724-1772) PORTRAIT OF SIR JOSEPH SCOTT BT (1752-1828) Oil on canvas 73 x 59.5cm (28½ x 23¼ in.) Provenance: By descent through the family of the sitter Sir Joseph Scott was the son of William Scott of Great Barr Hall, then in Staffordshire. In 1777 he replaced the house with a Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival mansion. He was a High Sherriff in 1799 and MP for Worcester from 1802-1806 when he was created 1st Baronet, as Scott of Great Barr. He married Margaret Whitby by whom he had three children, one daughter Mary who died aged 15 and two sons Edward Dolman Scott who succeeded him in 1828, and William Scott who became Vicar of Great Barr. A portrait of Sir Joseph Scott by John Singleton Copley, circa 1765 is in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum. (AC1992.317.1)
ATTIRUBUTED TO COSMO ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH 1724-1772) PORTRAIT OF SIR JOSEPH SCOTT BT (1752-1828) Oil on canvas 73 x 59.5cm (28½ x 23¼ in.) Provenance: By descent through the family of the sitter Sir Joseph Scott was the son of William Scott of Great Barr Hall, then in Staffordshire. In 1777 he replaced the house with a Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival mansion. He was a High Sherriff in 1799 and MP for Worcester from 1802-1806 when he was created 1st Baronet, as Scott of Great Barr. He married Margaret Whitby by whom he had three children, one daughter Mary who died aged 15 and two sons Edward Dolman Scott who succeeded him in 1828, and William Scott who became Vicar of Great Barr. A portrait of Sir Joseph Scott by John Singleton Copley, circa 1765 is in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum. (AC1992.317.1)
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