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Description: | This is a small scale copy of Largilliere's painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Here we see the 'Old Pretender' as a boy of seven standing beside his sister, the Princess Louisa, aged three, the Palace of Saint Germain in the background. James was the son of James II, who had abandoned the throne in 1688. After his father's death in 1701, he was proclaimed king of England by his supporters, and five years later he made the first of many attempts to reclaim the English throne. The portrait was commissioned by James II whilst living in exile in St. Germain en Laye. The dogs symbolise both the loyalty of Princess Louisa to her brother and that of the Jacobites to Prince James. | Subjects: | portrait (Prince James Edward Stuart) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Largillière, Nicolas de (French painter and draftsman, 1656-1746) Æ After Previously attributed to Troy, François de (French painter, born 1645 or 1646, died 1730) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8576... | Go to resource |
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