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Great houses of Scotland - Report from Europe - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland - Brief Article
Magazine Antiques, March, 2002 by Miriam Kramer
For the past three or four centuries the owners of grand country houses throughout the United Kingdom have taken great pride in building them and filling them with outstanding objects and pictures worthy of their setting. In the twentieth century demolition took its toll on country houses, except in Scotland, where many of them are occupied by descendants of the builders and the original collections are intact.
An exhibition entitled Great Houses of Scotland at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh until April 21 gathers the rich contents of seven of these houses. In addition to paintings, the exhibition includes documents and objects that illustrate the history of the houses and their occupants. From Ballindalloch Castle near Elgin, for example, there are letters written by George Washington, and Jacobite memorabilia is included in the display from Traquair House at Innerleithen. The parents of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the fourteenth earl and countess of Strathmore, are depicted in a double portrait that usually hangs in the drawing room at Glamis Castle near Dundee.
The curator of the exhibition is James Holloway. Iain Gale has written the handbook that accompanies the show, which is sponsored by Turcan Connell and supported by the Kintore Charitable Trust.
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