The Hand of the Scottish Portraitist In the quiet corners of the Scottish landscape during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the brush of A. Reddock moved to capture the likenesses of a changing era. Born in 1774, this painter emerged from a time when the dignity of the individual was increasingly sought through the medium of oil and canvas. Reddock, often associated with the town of Falkirk, dedicated his life to the art of the portrait, seeking to fix the character of his subjects upon the surface of the work. His life was one of quiet observation. While the world around h…