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Alexis Belle was a pupil of François de Troy, who at one point was the only portrait painter working for James II. He collaborated with Troy in reproducing his portraits, the majority being of James II. After the death of James II, Belle continued to work for his son, James III, and received commissions from English, Scottish and French Jacobites, becoming the most prominent Jacobite portrait painter. Controversy surrounded James III's birth as a story was spread that he was not the child of James II (VII) and Mary of Modena. Prior to James’s birth, the queen had 10 children, none of whom had survived. The story suggested that the child was smuggled into the queen’s bedchamber in order to provide a Catholic heir to the English throne.
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (High Life Highland)
Inverness
Title
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (James III) (1688–1766), 'The Old Pretender'
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 97 x W 77 cm
Accession number
INVMG 0000.386
Acquisition method
acquired from the sisters of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (part gift and part purchase), 1948 and 1959
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
1. 'from the collection of the Earl of Harrington, Harrington House, Charing Cross' 2. Portrait of James Stuart, the Old [Pretender] son of James II in grey double with [?breastplate and] ermine cloak in an oval
