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The Macarthur Room
From the MacArthur room.

The ghostly bed in this room is eleborately carved and belonged to the MacArthurs of Loch Awe.

The castle is said to have a number of ghosts including the 'grey lady', only seen by daughters of a Duke of Argyll and a harpist who was allegedly murdered in the bed seen here. A number of visitors have reported hearing his plaintive playing.

Other ghostly sightings include seeing a boat on the horizon. On the death of a Duke the 'Galley of Lorne', as represented on the family crest, has been seen floating away from Inveraray.

There are a number of paintings in the room including Scottish School portraits of Anne Nasmyth of Posso, wife of John Callander of Craigforth, later Campbell of Ardkinglas and her two children. There is a fine portrait by Gavin Hamilton of famous London beauty and society hostess Elizabeth Gunning, known as the 'Double Duchess' after her consecutive marriages to 6th Duke of Hamilton and 5th Duke of Argyll.

The painting of a singing youth is ascribed to a follower of the famous Flemish artist Hendrick Terbruggen, and it is reported that the 12th Duke never really liked it and often had it facing the wall. 

 

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