Edward Harding (1755-1840)
ROBERTVS I REX SCOTORVM 1797
Stipple | 19.0 x 13.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 618096
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Stipple with engraving of Robert I, King of Scotland. Half length with long hair, helmet, armour, and order on chain around neck, and holding a battle axe in left hand. Within an oval border bearing Latin inscription. Borders trimmed. John Pinkerton's The Scottish Gallery: or Portraits of Eminent Persons of Scotland (1797).
Robert I, or Robert the Bruce, was King of Scotland from 1306-29. Before his accession Robert the Bruce was a Scottish nobleman and warrior, in 1298 he became Guardian of Scotland alongside John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch another Scottish nobleman in line for the throne. After the death of his father Robert de Brus, he inherited his claim to the throne, and in 1306 he murdered his rival John Comyn at Greyfriars monastery in Dumfries and seized the crown. During his reign he led Scotland against England during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
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Stipple
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19.0 x 13.7 cm (sheet of paper)
13.7 x 10.8 cm (image)
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