William Delacour

His work is held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

[3] William Delacour is believed to have been either born in France or in Great Britain to French parents.

He created scenery for operas by Giovanni Battista Pescetti.

He settled in Edinburgh in march 1760 and was appointed the first Master of the Trustees' Academy.

He also worked for private clients, including interior decoration, such as the drawing room of Milton House on the Canongate.

Detail of William Delacour's painting of Dr. Sir Stuart Threipland, of Fingask (1716–1805), physician to Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite rising of 1745 , and President of the Royal Medical Society from 1766–1770