tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post9121216593096182259..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Jacobites, politics and treasonous alcohol: 1688-1745Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86021885771584013632014-05-13T15:44:07.417+10:002014-05-13T15:44:07.417+10:00Thank you. I never understood what "passing t...Thank you. I never understood what "passing the glass over a bowl of water before drinking" meant. The bowl of water was of course a finger bowl, used by diners to clean fingers after a messy main course, before sweets were served!!<br /><br />Also helpful was Material Culture and Sedition 1688-1760: Treacherous Objects, Secret Places by Murray Pittock, published in 2013.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-88762643709541211482014-05-13T15:04:21.068+10:002014-05-13T15:04:21.068+10:00See a Jacobite finger bowl engraved with a portrai...See a Jacobite finger bowl engraved with a portrait of the Young Pretender. It was both functional and politically attuned to Jacobite sentiment. <br /><br />Country Life<br />5th March 2014Country Lifehttp://www.countrylife.co.uk/magazine/issue/50207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67660082404508275152014-05-01T16:38:25.957+10:002014-05-01T16:38:25.957+10:00Train Man
the 539 objects on display depict the ...Train Man <br /><br />the 539 objects on display depict the endless battles between the Jacobites and the British people, from the 1689 uprising to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The objects come from collections all over Scotland, public and private. <br /><br />Glasgow was never a Jacobite stronghold; it was always strongly Hanoverian. But the Imagining Power exhibition is in Edinburgh.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31213293506725252402014-05-01T16:23:15.488+10:002014-05-01T16:23:15.488+10:00I appreciate the reference to Imagining Power: th...I appreciate the reference to Imagining Power: the Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause. I had a really good look at the Jacobite artefacts on my recent trip to Scotland but why is the exhibition in Glasgow?Train Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-81212772204084775672014-04-08T15:37:38.844+10:002014-04-08T15:37:38.844+10:00Two great references, many thanks. I will add note...Two great references, many thanks. I will add notes to the post straight away.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45052196707536969812014-04-08T15:33:21.220+10:002014-04-08T15:33:21.220+10:00Examine the role of basket hilted swords in Scotti...Examine the role of basket hilted swords in Scottish Jacobite symbology. Note the blades were made and engraved in Solingen in Germany.Acts of Unionhttp://www.abdn.ac.uk/actsofunion/case5.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60292793672636002042014-03-16T15:41:40.957+11:002014-03-16T15:41:40.957+11:00"Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the J..."Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause" is a dramatic exhibition that considers the Jacobites - those loyal to the deposed Stuart dynasty at home and abroad. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has the most extensive and significant collection of Jacobite visual material in the world.<br /><br />The exhibition will close on 31st December 2015<br />National Galleries Scotlandhttp://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/floorplans-303/room-displays/imagining-power-the-visual-culture-of-the-jacobite-causenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32276903962630403572013-01-13T19:02:21.345+11:002013-01-13T19:02:21.345+11:00I have added a reference to the 2005 exhibition ca...I have added a reference to the 2005 exhibition called Bonnie Prince Charlie & The Royal House of Stuart. All the works came from the Drambuie Collection of<br />Jacobite Art, appropriate since Drambuie was first made by a Jacobite forbear, Capt Mackinnon of Skye.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40227095008595916452012-12-29T16:22:07.790+11:002012-12-29T16:22:07.790+11:00Oh agreed. The Stuarts were such a significant dyn...Oh agreed. The Stuarts were such a significant dynasty that we really have to treat pre-civil war and post-civil war eras separately.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38293149655541775332012-12-29T10:16:53.481+11:002012-12-29T10:16:53.481+11:00Love the Stuart's...the Windsor family just do...Love the Stuart's...the Windsor family just don't intrigue me as much. Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-91030771680652012092012-12-26T11:32:06.573+11:002012-12-26T11:32:06.573+11:00Parnassus
ha! It was difficult enough for people ...Parnassus<br /><br />ha! It was difficult enough for people to think of the high arts as having a political philosophy (eg the Whigs' taste for Palladian architecture). It must be even trickier for some people to think of the decorative arts being used to express minority political views. <br /><br />But it seems natural to me. People want to surround themselves with things they love and value.<br /><br />*cough* the monetary value now may be a bit steep for us ordinary citizens.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4278315697407521642012-12-26T02:58:26.329+11:002012-12-26T02:58:26.329+11:00Hello Hels, What a great example of material cult...Hello Hels, What a great example of material culture reflecting political history. The story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites really comes to life when we can see (or even hold if we have an extra US$72,000 to spare) the actual glasses used to toast the exiled pretenders. Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78351741200287915422012-12-25T22:54:18.727+11:002012-12-25T22:54:18.727+11:00Student
I will definitely read the book, but even...Student<br /><br />I will definitely read the book, but even the title itself (Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown) is a bit of a worry. They loved their dad... they just didn't love his wanting to return Britain to Catholicism.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47810505858105417512012-12-25T22:52:18.320+11:002012-12-25T22:52:18.320+11:00Andrew
I am also looking forward to seeing the ex...Andrew<br /><br />I am also looking forward to seeing the exhibition which opened to customers just this week. I am assuming there aren't going to be truckloads of glasses. But since the history, the conflict and the romance are the important issues, the exhibition might still be comprehensive.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79971419938478918362012-12-25T19:09:02.771+11:002012-12-25T19:09:02.771+11:00I saw your interest in Ungrateful Daughters: The S...I saw your interest in Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown (Ci-Devant's blog). Well worth reading.Student of Historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35566655766553216022012-12-25T18:38:41.222+11:002012-12-25T18:38:41.222+11:00How interesting and the exhibition sounds like it ...How interesting and the exhibition sounds like it is worth a quick look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com