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He is particularly noted for his female portraiture, especially in the period 175466, as in his masterpiece The Artist's Wife (1755; National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh), a portrait of Margaret Lindsay, his second wife. He was devoted to drawing, and the value of this study can be seen in his full-length portraits, for example of Lady Mary Coke (Marquess of Bute collection).