William Craig Shirreff
Mary, Queen of Scots Escaping from Lochleven Castle
1805Mary was now a prisoner of the rebel Lords. She was taken to the castle of Loch Leven, situated on an island in the middle of the loch. Meanwhile the Lords spread the story that Mary and Bothwell had been lovers before Darnley’s death, and that they had conspired to murder him in order to marry. Though the evidence was extremely thin, public opinion was turning against Mary. She was forced to abdicate in favour of her infant son and to authorise her brother, the Earl of Moray, to reign in his place.
Mary was weakened after a miscarriage, but she was not defeated. On 2 May 1568 she escaped from the island in a boat rowed by a castle page boy. He had been hired by her loyal supporters, who met Mary on the shore and escorted her to safety.
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Trustees' Academy
The Trustees? Academy was founded in Edinburgh in 1760 by the Board of Trustees for the Improvement of Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland. This was the earliest publicly funded art school in Britain, but during the early years it was essentially an elementary drawing school dedicated to applied design. The students included practical craftsmen as well as fine artists. The school gradually developed more facilities for advanced fine art education, including a plaster cast collection. In 1826, it relocated to a new building on The Mound, which was erected by the Board. The Trustees? Academy was reformed in 1858, using the well established government Schools of Design in London as its model, and was the direct ancestor of Edinburgh College of Art, established in 1907.
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History painting
Paintings in which the subject is taken from biblical, classical or other mythological histories.
Trustees' Academy
The Trustees? Academy was founded in Edinburgh in 1760 by the Board of Trustees for the Improvement of Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland. This was the earliest publicly funded art school in Britain, but during the early years it was essentially an elementary drawing school dedicated to applied design. The students included practical craftsmen as well as fine artists. The school gradually developed more facilities for advanced fine art education, including a plaster cast collection. In 1826, it relocated to a new building on The Mound, which was erected by the Board. The Trustees? Academy was reformed in 1858, using the well established government Schools of Design in London as its model, and was the direct ancestor of Edinburgh College of Art, established in 1907.
- Credits Presented by Mrs Fairgrieve 1963
- Medium Oil on canvas
- Size 77.20 x 92.40 cm (framed: 86.80 x 102.50 x 6.20 cm)
