JACOBITE INTEREST: 19TH CENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL
PORTRAIT OF MRS MACDONALD, AGED 102
£2,500
Auction: 10 December 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Description
oil on canvas, bearing inscription verso
Dimensions
74.5cm x 61.5cm (29.25in x 24.25in)
Footnote
Note: The inscription on the reverse of this portrait details the interesting life of Mrs Macdonald, who reportedly crossed paths with Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite rising of 1745-46. Born in Glasgow 1726, she married at the age of 17 to a farmer from Maybole. She is said to have recounted many interesting anecdotes of Bonnie Prince Charlie; along with some of her neighbours, they visited his Royal Camp with food provisions for the Prince and his men. Having tasted the meal, he ‘clapped her on the shoulder and declared she was a fine cook’!