EAN: 9783030999353

THE POLISH PORTRAIT OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE - ...

This book is a study of an eighteenth-century portrait of a youth in Polish dress  owned by the
National Portrait Gallery in London since 1922  but never publicly displayed. Two inscriptions
claim that it is a portrait of Charles Edward Stuart  popularly known as 'Bonnie Prince
Charlie'. The Gallery has always doubted its authenticity and leading experts on Stuart
portraiture have dismissed the identification. This study  by a historian of Poland-Lithuania 
is the first detailed attempt to research the painting properly. Based on archival sources  it
examines its provenance and the connections of its first known owner with the Kinlochmoidart
MacDonalds  who fought for the Prince in the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. It considers a
considerable body of evidence to suggest that it is very possible that the portrait is indeed a
genuine depiction of the Prince.

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