The Polish Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie

by Robert I. Frost

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030999386
• ISBN13: 9783030999384
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"