Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

CCCXXU WILLIAM, FIRST MARQUIS OF AXXAXDALE, 1672-1721.
by the provost and magistrates of the burgli, and appoiuted to be fixed and
put up in tlie council house, where they still remain.^ Tlie earlier liistory of
these two portraits is unknown.
Among the collcctiou of family portraits at rachills is one of Annan-
dale by the well-known and distinguished artist, Sir Godfrey Kueller. Tlie
portrait is now somewhat dim. A mezzotint engraving from this also
exists at Eaehills. It consists of head and bust, represented with a long
flowing wig of the period, and in the official robes of president of the
council. The face is fine, and bears out the accounts of his lia7id.-onie
appearance. A collotype of the portrait is included in this work.
' Aunaudale Peerage Minutes of Evidence, 1S2.5, pp. 73-75.