Lot 864: Attributed to Cosmo Alexander, Scottish 1724-1772-

Attributed to Cosmo Alexander, Scottish 1724-1772- Portrait of a doctor, standing in a library interior, half-length, wearing a blue velvet hat and red coat, over a tied white stock; oil on canvas, held in an English 18th century Kentian style frame, with eared corners, plain moulded sight-edge, sanded fasicia and plain moulded outer edge, 77x64cm: Note: Cosmo Alexander was the son and pupil of John Alexander, an Aberdeen painter. Cosmo had a strong belief in the Jacobite cause and participated in the 1745 up Rising, after which he went to Rome to seek refuge. He stayed there from 1747 to 1751, painting portraits of members of the expatriate Jacobite community, including the family of Bonnie Prince Charlie. He travelled throughout Italy and visited Paris before settling in London in 1754. In 1766, he embarked on an extended tour of the American colonies where he once again found favour painting portraits of ΘmigrΘ Scots.