Imagining Power: The Visual Culture Of The Jacobite Cause
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Imagining Power: The Visual Culture Of The Jacobite Cause
This dramatic exhibition considers the Jacobites - those loyal to the deposed Stuart dynasty at home and abroad. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has the most extensive and significant collection of Jacobite visual material in the world.
The term ‘Jacobite’ derives from ‘Jacobus’, the Latin form of James, and describes those who supported James VII and II, the exiled Catholic monarch of Scotland, England and Ireland, and his heirs. Jacobitism was launched as a political and ideological cause by the birth of a son to King James in 1688 and the subsequent coup d’état led by his Protestant son-in-law, William of Orange. For nearly 100 years Jacobitism was a major factor in European affairs and it was responsible for the last battles on British soil.
This fascinating display focuses on the way Jacobites presented themselves in portraiture.
Imagining Power: The Visual Culture Of The Jacobite Cause image © National Galleries of Scotland
Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG)
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Imagining Power: The Visual Culture Of The Jacobite Cause image © National Galleries of Scotland
Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG)
See all events at Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG)