King James VI of Scotland and I of England as a child, kneeling in front of an altar next to the tomb of his father, with his family behind him on the right. Engraving by G. Vertue, ca. 1743, after L. de Vogelaare.

  • Vogelaare, Livinus de, active approximately 1600.
Date:
1743
Reference:
527793i
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About this work

Description

The burial vault at Holyrood abbey, Edinburgh. Centre, James I in prayer, crowned and robed. Beyond him is the tomb with an effigy of his father, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Right, Darnley's parents and brother: Matthew Stewart, 4th or 13th Earl of Lennox (1516-1571)-; Lady Margaret Douglas, countess of Lennox (1515-1578); and Charles Stewart, 14th Earl of Lennox (-1576). On the altar, left, the figure of Christ triumphant

Publication/Creation

[London] : [publisher not identified], 1743.

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 42.5 x 55.1 cm

Lettering

Magnates et heroes sanguine regali Scotiae et Angliae prognati ... Geo. Vertue del. et sculp. ... Lettering continues: "qui juxta cenotaphium Henrici Darnley Scotorum regis effinguntur; parentes ejus Matthaeus comes Lenoxiae cum uxore Margareta, frater, Carolus, infansque filius Jacobus tunc Scotiae postea vero Britanniae rex ejus nominis primus; omnes flexis genibus Deum orantes nefariae caedis vindicem. Tabulae hujus archetypum, jussu Matthaei Stuart comitis Lenoxiae anno MDLXXI depictum, serenissima regina Carolina anno MDCCXXXVI in palatio Kensingtoniae posteris sacravit. Cujus ectypum potentissimo principi Carolo Richmondiae Lenoxiae et Albiniaci duci, stabuli regalis comiti, nobilissimique ordinis periscelidis ordini omni cultu et obsequio devotissimus D.D.D. Georgius Vertue.

Edition

[State with "Pl. VII" top right].

Reference

Wellcome Collection 527793i

Reproduction note

After: a painting in the Royal Collection, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh

Type/Technique

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