Traquair House, 1st. floor, High Drawing-room, detail of painted overdoor panel. Digital image of D 59925 CN.

Description Traquair House, 1st. floor, High Drawing-room, detail of painted overdoor panel. Digital image of D 59925 CN.

Date 11/10/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 759974

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 59925 CN

Scope and Content Painted panel in the high drawing room, Traquair house, Scottish Borders This shows a painted panel representing 'Art'. Various 'trophies' are shown grouped together behind a cartouche and coronet. These include a palette, dividers, rulers, an architectural plan and brushes. The painting is executed in trompe l'oeil, which means it appears real from a distance, with painted shadows and highlights next to the golden 'objects'. The central cartouche commemorates the marriage of Charles, 5th Earl of Traquair, to Theresa, daughter of Sir Baldwyn Conyers of Horden, in 1745. Her family crest, the 'maunch', or draped sleeve (shaped like an 'M') can be seen in the central motif on the shield, together with her husband's family symbols in the four quarters behind it. Traquair is the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland, with its origins in the 10th century. It was the site of a royal hunting lodge in the 1200s, but the house as seen today is based around a c.1512 tower-house with many later additions. The flanking service wings were built in 1695 to designs by architect James Smith (c.1645-1731), who also designed the wrought-iron screens round the courtyard in 1698. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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