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Description: | AtH, unmounted; stamp on back of the board supporting the print: "Lambert & Co, inscr on plate b. r. "Francis Legat Sculpsit Londini"; inscr on plate b. l. "Gavinus Hamilton Pinxit, Romae / Joshia Boydell delint Londini"; inscr on plate b. c. "John Boydell excudit 1786 / From the Original picture Painted for and in the hands of James Boswell Esq. of Auchinleck / published Jan. 2d 1786 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London" CRE LEGAT, Francis; (Scottish; 1760-1817) AFTER HAMILTON, Gavin; (Scottish; 1723-1798) PUB BOYDELL, John; (English; 1719-1804) Boswell, who commissioned the painting, wanted William Robertson, author of the inspiration behind the commission, "History of Scotland" 1759, to write an inscription for the print. Having no answer, he turned to Dr Johnson in 1773. Two year later, the Doctor produced the following, inscribed on Legat's plate by the publisher "Maria Scotorum hominum seditiosorum contumeliis lassata, ruinis terrata, clamoribus victa libello, per quem regno cedit, lacrimans trepidansque nomen apponit. Mary, Queen of Scots, harassed, terrified and overpowered by the insults, menaces and clamours of her rebellious subjects, sets her hands with tears and confusion, to a resignation of the Kingdom". However, neither the impression in the British Museum nor this impression have this inscription. The print shows the painting before it was cut down to its present dimensions. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCOTLAND : REPRODUCTIVE : HISTORICAL : MARY STUART : LOCH LEVEN CASTLE : LORD LINDSAY : NOTARY : WILLIAM DOUGLAS : PRISON : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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