Like most or all of Ramsay's portraits, he did most of it, then farmed out finishing of the cloth to van Aken. (Source:
[1], among others. The tartan worn is the Tullibardine district pattern, found in 5 other portraits; later used as the Murray of Tullibardine clan tartan
[2]. This white roses are a Jacobite symbol.)
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