Portrait: What is the artist's name and who lent it to the exhibition?

[artlover123]

And the artist! You are all so brilliant, thank you. I wonder, how did you get into the archives so quickly? I can't see a link online, does one have to be a member of an institution? I wonder which Scougall it is and whether there is any further provenance... I pick the painting up in the next day or so so I'll pop more images up on here then. Are there any records on file regarding the then owner and his collection I wonder. Perhaps family diaries or documents donated to a public institution? In this case is it sometimes worth contacting descendants?

Its all very exciting this detective work.

Very best,

Joshua

[mckha489]

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould stand aside here we come!
That was rather fun.

I think to be sure which SCOUGALL it is you need to actually ask at one of the institutions that has examples of their work.

This research group at The Hunterian seem like the place to start. And they probably know all about Gilmour’s collecting too.

https://technicalarthistory.gla.ac.uk/john-scougall-hunterian-portraits/

[mckha489]

I wonder, how did you get into the archives so quickly? I can't see a link online, does one have to be a member of an institution?

Nothing fancy

After finding the newspaper article I posted the clip from, I googled “Scottish national exhibition 1911 catalogue”. 

[spendlove]

Hi

For all of us who are nosey, this is the portrait the label refers too.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/search-results?searchterm=lauderdale


Spendlove

[mckha489]

Thank you Spendlove.

Joshua, over to you now to establish whether it really is all it claims to be on that label!
We expect a report 

PS. Are you selling it tomorrow? 

[artlover123]

Thank you again for your help! I study History of Art at Oxford and love the thrill of discovering lost pictures, particularly portraits - stand aside Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce indeed! But alas this one looks to have gone to an old boy like that with the margins to back a picture that may well or might not turn out to be right. I wish I could follow up on it as suggested above but as you can imagine the price of the picture went way above my top margin at £5,000 + (estimate £400-£600).... Looks like we were on to something after all!

 Sad to have missed a discovery but must chin up and crack on.

Best wishes,

Joshua