Titles by 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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Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government. Occasioned by the Late Disputes between Great Britain and Her American Colonies, Written in the Year 1766

Allan Ramsay

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