Samuel McPherson, Scottish soldier Finish:Single Aerial view of the seat

Aerial view of the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort

In the foreground four counsel sit and to the right an usher leans back asleep

showing men on horseback crossing a ford in a river

Gassiot was the donor of the Gassiot Collection of paintings in the permanent collection of the Corporation of London

Samuel McPherson, Scottish soldier Finish:Single Aerial view of the seatSamuel McPherson, Scottish soldier, 1743. 'Samuel McPherson, corporal, in his highland ridgmentals [sic], the most active in the desersion [sic]. The posture in presenting his firelock at Capt Ball in Lady Wood, and was shot at the Tower, July 18 1743'. McPherson was a soldier in the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). Having been ordered to London, some of the regimant's soldiers deserted after hearing a rumour that they were to be shipped out to