Last week, we had a short stay in Kirkcudbright and visited the Gallery where the above portrait hangs. I was struck by the gaze of this handsome young man. Here is how the painting is introduced by the Gallery:

1 September 1882, Galloway News:

1889: Picking Daisies:


9 September 1903, Greenock Telegraph:

17 September 1903, Edinburgh Evening Dispatch:

29 September 1903, Edinburgh Evening Dispatch:

29 September 1903, Greenock Telegraph:

1903, Estate of Thomas Bromley Blacklock:
