The idea for this post came from the discovery that several Scott family portraits are now in the collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art. These portraits were all among those reproduced as engravings in 1876 for the privately published "Memorials of the family of Scott, of Scot's Hall", so I thought I'd go through the portrait list published in the book and see how many I could track down to the present day. This does not include any of the family memorials, which presumably have not left the church walls and floors they were placed on! Where possible, I have provided a link to view the actual portrait, as the quality of the engraved reproductions varies substantially. The provenance of the portraits at least until 1876 can be relatively assured: it was then that the engravings were reproduced with the permission of the widowed Mrs. Thomas Fairfax Best. Mrs. Best's deceased husband was the son of Caroline Scott and Mr. George Best (per Burke's Landed Gentry) and a grandson of Edward and Margaret (Sutherland) Scott of Scot's Hall. Portrait locations will be added as discovered.
Portrait of Reginald Scott, 1542 - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Sir Thomas Scott, 1585 - unknown, though the engraving matches copies in the NPG from 1803
Portrait of Sir John Scott of Nettlested - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Scott - NC Museum of Art, identified as Emmeline Scott
Portrait of Lady Catherine Scott - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of the celebrated Mary Honywood - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Edward Scott, Esq. D.C.L. - unknown
Portrait of George Goring, Earl of Norwich, Commander of Royalist Forces, Kent - unknown
Portrait of the Countess of Norwich -unknown
Portrait of Colonel George Goring (may be misidentified; see NPG collection) - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Sir Thomas Scott - unknown
Portrait of Lady (Caroline) Scott - unknown
Portrait of George Scott, Esq. of Scot's Hall - unknown
Portrait of Anne Pemberton, 1st wife of George Scott, Esq. - unknown
Portrait of Cecilia Dering, 2nd wife of George Scott, Esq. - unknown
Portrait of Commodore Scott - unknown
Portrait of Margaret Sutherland, wife of Edward Scott, of Scot's Hall - unknown
Portrait of the Honble. Lady Mary Compton, wife of Captain Arthur Scott, R.N. - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Caroline Scott, wife of Thomas Best, of Chilston Park, Kent - unknown
Portrait of Thomas Best, Esq., M.P., of Chilston Park - last sold in 1997, buyer unknown
Portrait (Medallion), Mrs. George Best, Chilston Park - auctioned; buyer unknown
Portrait of Sir Thomas Scott, 1585 - unknown, though the engraving matches copies in the NPG from 1803
Portrait of Sir John Scott of Nettlested - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Scott - NC Museum of Art, identified as Emmeline Scott
Portrait of Lady Catherine Scott - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of the celebrated Mary Honywood - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Edward Scott, Esq. D.C.L. - unknown
Portrait of George Goring, Earl of Norwich, Commander of Royalist Forces, Kent - unknown
Portrait of the Countess of Norwich -unknown
Portrait of Colonel George Goring (may be misidentified; see NPG collection) - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Sir Thomas Scott - unknown
Portrait of Lady (Caroline) Scott - unknown
Portrait of George Scott, Esq. of Scot's Hall - unknown
Portrait of Anne Pemberton, 1st wife of George Scott, Esq. - unknown
Portrait of Cecilia Dering, 2nd wife of George Scott, Esq. - unknown
Portrait of Commodore Scott - unknown
Portrait of Margaret Sutherland, wife of Edward Scott, of Scot's Hall - unknown
Portrait of the Honble. Lady Mary Compton, wife of Captain Arthur Scott, R.N. - NC Museum of Art
Portrait of Caroline Scott, wife of Thomas Best, of Chilston Park, Kent - unknown
Portrait of Thomas Best, Esq., M.P., of Chilston Park - last sold in 1997, buyer unknown
Portrait (Medallion), Mrs. George Best, Chilston Park - auctioned; buyer unknown
So now let's talk about the attributions provided by the book.
