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RICHARD WESTALL (BRITISH 1765-1836) PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER AND CHILD, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS DUNCAN MACPHERSON (1748-1817) OR 'DUNCAN IN THE KILN'WatercolourSigned (lower left)51 x 39.5cm (20 x 15½ in.)Provenance:Albert Cameron Macpherson (d.1934) until the sale of Cluny Castle in 1943 Whence procured by his grandson Donald Ninian Nicol of ArdmarnochThence by descentDuncan Macpherson of Cluny, Chief of the Clan Macpherson, was born in a corn kiln in 1748 while his father Ewen Macpherson of Cluny was on the run after Culloden, which led Duncan to being known as Donnachadh na h-Ath (Duncan of the Kiln).Duncan eventually became a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 3rd Scots Fusiliers Guards and later served in the American War of Independence with 71st Regiment of Foot. Following his service in America, in 1784, he recovered his ancestral lands.Please note measurements do not include the frame unless otherwise stated.