Portrait of Allan Ramsay

Allan Ramsay

1713 – 1784

Painter and polymath famous for his portraits of great personages including King George III who was his most prominent patron.

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Ramsay was the son of the Scottish poet of the same name. His support of Parliament’s authority over the colonies was testified by the last loyalist civilian governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, with whom Ramsay was personally acquainted.

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