Mary Queen of Scots

AttributedAttributed to Henry Bone (Truro, England, 1755 - 1834)

AfterAfter Artist Unknown

Mediumenamel on wood

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 8 cm, Width: 6.8 cm
Frame: Height: 27.2 cm, Width: 26.2 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1938 by the Trustees of Miss Jamieson.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG003614

Keywords

About MeHenry Bone was an enamel painter and miniaturist on ivory. Born in Truro, Cornwall, the son of a woodcarver and cabinet maker, at the age of 16 he was apprenticed to William Cookworthy of the Plymouth China Works where he developed into a highly skilled painter on porcelain, buttons and brooches. By 1778 he had moved to London where he painted in watercolours on ivory and enamel. He first exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1781 and was made an Academician in 1811. By 1800 he was official enamel painter to The Prince of Wales. His works are in the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the National Portrait Gallery amongst many others
worldwide. His eldest son, Henry Pierce Bone, became enamelist to Queen Adelaide and Queen Victoria.

In the National Portrait Gallery, London are a book of his drawings which includes two drawings of paintings of Mary Queen of Scots, one in th collection of the Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House, dated December 1811 and the other from the collection at Knole, dated July 1814. Neither of these however, seems to relate to this miniature.