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Large Royal Oil Painting Portrait Mary Queen Of Scots Ruff Collar Lace Dress

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Make a royal statement with this 1 large, regal oil painting of Mary Queen of Scots in her classic ruffled collar lace dress. Hang it on your wall and get ready to accept accolades, compliments, and possibly even an honorary title! It's a must-have for fans of glamorous history.
Are you looking for an amazing statement piece work of art for your home or office that will wow your guests or clients then this is for you.
Signed by the artist A E Lucas.
In the superb 16th century style copy after Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustine-Ferrier.
Subject a fine full length portrait in front profile of the known Beautiful Young Royal Noble Scottish Tudor Lady Queen Mary Of Scots wearing Elizabethan Tudor ruff lace collar with a long black & green gown dress with high ruff frilly cuffs, adore her blue eyes & rose cheek complextion. She has a long gold chain with diamond pendant that goes right down to near the bottom of her dress, around her neck another gold and diamond pendant, also wearing earrings, she is standing near the bottom of a magnificent staircase on a green & red pretty carpet, glancing upwards at the open leaded glass window where a musician is playing a song serenading to Mary. An armorial carved lion pediment can be seen at the top of the stairs.
Beatifully hand painted a fascinating conversation starter.
Having such beautiful intricate detail to the dress lacework, jewellery & to the ladys face and hands.
Circa late 20th century.
Set in a fine original gilt frame.
Impressive display size with the frame being 118.5cm high and 78 cm wide.
Oil on board.
Signed by the artist A E Lucas.
Title Mary Queen Of Scots.
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
During her childhood, Scotland was governed by regents, first by the heir to the throne, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and then by her mother, Mary of Guise. In 1548, she was betrothed to Francis, the Dauphin of France, and was sent to be brought up in France, where she would be safe from invading English forces during the Rough Wooing. Mary married Francis in 1558, becoming queen consort of France from his accession in 1559 until his death in December 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to Scotland in August 1561.
Following the Scottish Reformation, the tense religious and political climate that Mary encountered on her return to Scotland was further agitated by prominent Scots such as John Knox, who openly questioned whether her subjects had a duty to obey her. The early years of her personal rule were marked by pragmatism, tolerance, and moderation. She issued a proclamation accepting the religious settlement in Scotland as she had found it upon her return, retained advisers such as James Stewart, Earl of Moray (her illegitimate half-brother), and William Maitland of Lethington, and governed as the Catholicmonarch of a Protestant kingdom.
Mary married her half-cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, in 1565, and in June 1566, they had a son, James. After Darnley orchestrated the murder of Mary's Italian secretary and close friend, David Rizzio, their marriage soured. In February 1567, Darnley's residence was destroyed by an explosion, and he was found murdered in the nearby garden. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was generally believed to have orchestrated Darnley's death, but he was acquitted of the charge in April 1567, and the following month, he married Mary. Following an uprising against the couple, Mary was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
On 24 July 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, James VI. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, she fled southward seeking the protection of her first cousin once removed, Elizabeth I of England.
As a great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England, Mary had once claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own and was considered the legitimate sovereign of England by many English Catholics, including participants in a rebellion known as the Rising of the North. Perceiving Mary as a threat, Elizabeth had her confined in various castles and manor houses in the interior of England. After eighteen and a half years in captivity, Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth in 1586 and was beheaded the following year at Fotheringhay Castle. Mary's life and subsequent execution established her in popular culture as a romanticised historical character.
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With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Front painting surface is in good condition with some minor foxing stains and paint loss towards the outer edges, the frame has general wear, scuffs, scratches, cracking also some losses commensurate with usage & age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame approximate

High (118.5 cm)
Width (78 cm)
Depth thickness of the frame (4 cm)