A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF FLORA MACDONALD Y
AFTER I. MARKLUIN
£813
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
oil on ivory with figure of Flora MacDonald with green dress and tartan shawl, holding a portrait miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart from a concealed case, in a gilt brass frame with pierced floral border, the reverse with blue material backing with white Jacobite rose decoration
Dimensions
Height: 11cm
Footnote
Note: The painting from which this portrait miniature was taken was by I. Markluin; however, it is unknown where it currently resides. The National Portrait Gallery has three mezzotint prints (from the same plate) that were taken after the original oil and were published in 1747. Portraits of Flora MacDonald are rare, but there are a few well-known portraits of her, all in public collections. The National Portrait Gallery has one by Richard Wilson, painted in 1747; The Ashmolean in Oxford has one by Allan Ramsay from 1749; and there is one by Richard Wilson, also from 1747, in the collection of National Galleries Scotland. She is often depicted with white roses, symbolising her support for the Jacobite cause.
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