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Sheriff of Ayr, by Lady Southesk, who picked it up in France. The portrait at
Niddrie House is supposed to have been brought into the family through the
marriage of James Wauchope, in 1710, with Jane, daughter of Sir William Wal-
lace, Bart, of Craigie. Sir William was doubly connected with the Niddrie family.
He had married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Wauchope; and James, her brother,
was his son-in-law. He left no male issue, and was succeeded by his brother.
He commanded a regiment of cavalry under King James, and followed that
monarch when he retired to France. The Craigie family and estate suffered con-
siderable dilapidation in consequence, and the picture in question may have found
its way to Niddrie House during these troubles.* It appears in inventories a
hundred and fifty years back, whereas the Priory Lodge Picture cannot be traced
farther than about 1734, when Robert Wallace of Holmston was Sheriff of
Ayr. In the same apartment there are several portraits of the Wauchope family
— the oldest of which are those of Sir John and the lady of his son, Andrew —
fixed in pannellings to the wall. In inventories of the furniture in Niddrie House
in 1707-11, the picture of "Wallace" is mentioned as an item by itself. In
another, 1715, "13 fyne pictures of family and freindes," are mentioned, as in the
" bigg dyning room ;" but no particular notice of the portrait of Wallace occurs.
In the " little dyning room," there are —
" 2 painted pictures : my brother Wm.'s and Wallace' s,\ in gilt frames.
The King's picture in Taille-douce, and his coat of arms, fynely carved.
A little miniature in carved croun upon the cupp board.
A fruit piece in gilded frame.
3 Taille-douce and a landskip in carved frames.
28 other Taille-douce, some of them fyne ones, in black frames.
A mapp of Paris, in black frame, upon the door-head without.
Lord Sempil's picture.
2 other large ditto by Medina."
There were various other pictures ; in the " Whyte Room :"
" 4 pictures with gilded frames.
1 Taille-douce picture in the chimney."
In the " Green Room :"
" 2 large pictures by Sir John Medina :"
* Amongst the Niddrie papers there is a genealogical account of the family of Craigie- Wallace, in
MS., down to 1719.
■f This was possibly the portrait of Sir W.Wallace, Bart, of Craigie, his father-in-law. At all events,
the picture of Wallace in the dining-room does not correspond in any way with the style of the period.
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Sheriff of Ayr, by Lady Southesk, who picked it up in France. The portrait at
Niddrie House is supposed to have been brought into the family through the
marriage of James Wauchope, in 1710, with Jane, daughter of Sir William Wal-
lace, Bart, of Craigie. Sir William was doubly connected with the Niddrie family.
He had married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Wauchope; and James, her brother,
was his son-in-law. He left no male issue, and was succeeded by his brother.
He commanded a regiment of cavalry under King James, and followed that
monarch when he retired to France. The Craigie family and estate suffered con-
siderable dilapidation in consequence, and the picture in question may have found
its way to Niddrie House during these troubles.* It appears in inventories a
hundred and fifty years back, whereas the Priory Lodge Picture cannot be traced
farther than about 1734, when Robert Wallace of Holmston was Sheriff of
Ayr. In the same apartment there are several portraits of the Wauchope family
— the oldest of which are those of Sir John and the lady of his son, Andrew —
fixed in pannellings to the wall. In inventories of the furniture in Niddrie House
in 1707-11, the picture of "Wallace" is mentioned as an item by itself. In
another, 1715, "13 fyne pictures of family and freindes," are mentioned, as in the
" bigg dyning room ;" but no particular notice of the portrait of Wallace occurs.
In the " little dyning room," there are —
" 2 painted pictures : my brother Wm.'s and Wallace' s,\ in gilt frames.
The King's picture in Taille-douce, and his coat of arms, fynely carved.
A little miniature in carved croun upon the cupp board.
A fruit piece in gilded frame.
3 Taille-douce and a landskip in carved frames.
28 other Taille-douce, some of them fyne ones, in black frames.
A mapp of Paris, in black frame, upon the door-head without.
Lord Sempil's picture.
2 other large ditto by Medina."
There were various other pictures ; in the " Whyte Room :"
" 4 pictures with gilded frames.
1 Taille-douce picture in the chimney."
In the " Green Room :"
" 2 large pictures by Sir John Medina :"
* Amongst the Niddrie papers there is a genealogical account of the family of Craigie- Wallace, in
MS., down to 1719.
■f This was possibly the portrait of Sir W.Wallace, Bart, of Craigie, his father-in-law. At all events,
the picture of Wallace in the dining-room does not correspond in any way with the style of the period.
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