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Description: | 202.0 x 187.0 CRE HAMILTON, Gavin; (Scottish; 1723-1798) NFA assisted purchase. LABEL "Hamilton studied at the University of Glasgow before travelling to Rome to become a painter. Commissioned by the writer James Boswell (1740-1795), author of the famous biography of Dr Johnson, this is the only Scottish subject-matter painted by Hamilton. Mary, Queen of Scots is shown empriosnned in Loch leven Castle, being forced to sign her abdication in favour of her infant son, James."
The scene is set in the interior of Loch Leven castle, near Stirling, in 1567. It was commissioned by the diarist and biographer, James Boswell, in Rome in 1765. | 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: | LITERATURE : COMMISSION : SCOTLAND : HISTORY PAINTING : LOCH LEVEN CASTLE : LORD LINDSAY : NOTARY : CROWN : KNIGHT : WILLIAM DOUGLAS : MARTYRDOM : PRISON : MG1 2007 : | 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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