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Photographic copy of part of painted ceiling showing frieze with birds plants, geometric designs
B 41729 CN
Description Photographic copy of part of painted ceiling showing frieze with birds plants, geometric designs
Date c. 1890
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number B 41729 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of EDD 735/23
Copies SC 358217
Scope and Content Ink and watercolour drawing showing part of a painted ceiling panel from the Palace of Mary of Guise, Castlehill, Edinburgh The 16th-century Palace of Guise, the Edinburgh home of Mary of Guise, wife of King James V and mother of Mary Queen of Scots, stood on the north side of Castlehill. It was demolished in 1861 to make way for the Free Church General Assembly Hall. Before demolition, portions of a beautifully painted ceiling from the palace were rescued and preserved. This copy of one heraldic ceiling panel, made in 1887, shows an owl and unicorns with human features, and other symbolic creatures. Mary Queen of Scots took up residence in the Palace of Guise for a short time in 1544 when Holyrood Palace was sacked by the English under the Earl of Hertford. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Colour negative
Accession Number 1981/2
External Reference SAS 475
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/286532
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