The Marquess of Montrose
Created by William Birnie Rhind
Object class: sculpture
Object type: statuette
Material: metal - silver
Description: 'Statuette of the Marquess of Montrose, who was the celebrated Covenanting figure in the reign of Charles I and was executed in Edinburgh, 1645.'
This is James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (25 October 1612 – 21 May 1650). Please note that the year of the Marquess's execution given in the exhibition catalogue is incorrect and should be 1650.
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Academy of Art: The Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939
lent by the Duke of Montrose
Sources
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Scottish Art 1939, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1939
p. 43 (57)
Citing this record
'The Marquess of Montrose', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib7_1215439272, accessed 22 Sep 2023]
