Lord and Lady Alva’s Georgian House: The Family

David Allan painted Lord Alva and his family in 1780 and the resulting conversation piece, ‘James Erskine, Lord Alva (1722-1796) and His Family‘ is now held by the National Gallery of Scotland. Lord Alva is the small gentleman in black.  Jean Stirling, Lady Alva is seated next to him and his three surviving children from…

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