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Description: | Black and white engraving of a half length portrait of Mary Queen of Scots. The engraving is taken from a portion of the 'Blairs Memorial Portrait', and includes the Latin inscription of the original in the top right-hand corner. (See ABDUA:31392 in which inscription is missing).
"This is one of a large number of images of the Stuart dynasty in general in the university collection. These images attest to Stuart Royal patronage of King's College and later to the prolonged Jacobite sympathies of both King's and Marischal Colleges. In particular there are a large number of images, particularly engravings, of Mary, reflecting her role as one of the cast of 'hero' figures from Scottish history in whom much of nineteenth century Scottish identity was invested. This engraving after a portion of the 'Blairs Memorial Portrait' commissioned by Elizabeth Curle, one of Mary's two female attendants at her execution, depicts Mary as both Queen and Catholic martyr. She is depicted as at the time of her execution in 1587. The inscriptions present on the top right of the painting are reproduced in the engraving."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1790-1810 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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