The shop of the artist, a place of much attraction, was unusually so while the novelty of the above Caricature continued. Mr. Campbell, whose property bordered on that of Breadalbane, was acquainted with the Earl; and happening, as rarely occurred, to be in Edinburgh, he was induced to gratify his curiosity by a peep at Kay's window, where, little dreaming of the trap laid for him by his friends, he no sooner recognised the burlesque representation of the Earl and his lady, than he burst out into an immoderate fit of laughter.
The artist, apprised of the visit, was in readiness, and the next portraiture that appeared was the jolly Laird of Sonachan in the attitude described.
DONALD CAMPBELL, Esq., of Sonachan, in the county of Argyle, was born in the year 1735; and in the early part of his life served as a lieutenant in the first West Fencible Regiment. He afterwards became an active and judicious agriculturist, and dedicated his whole attention to country affairs. His paternal estate not being large, he was, soon after quitting the army, appointed Chamberlain of Argyle, by the late John Duke of Argyle, and subsequently Collector of Supply for that county - both which situations he held for a period of nearly twenty years.
He married, in the year 1777, Mary, only daughter of Robert Maclachlan, Esq., of Maclachlan, by whom he left four sons and two daughters. His brothers were John, a Captain of Cavalry in the East India Company's service, killed in India; and Archibald, a subaltern in the British army, killed in America.
Mr. Campbell died in March 1808, in the seventy-third year of his age.
His eldest son, who succeeded to the property, was for many years a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh.
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