Notes on the Authentic Portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots, Based on the Researches of the Late Sir George Scharf

by Lionel Cust

Excerpt from Notes on the Authentic Portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots, Based on the Researches of the Late Sir George Scharf
National Portrait Gallery will be found in the Introduction.
The author has endeavoured to consult every authority, past or present, likely to throw an li ht upon this disputed subject, availing bimse f 0% the assistance now so plentifully accessible through the agency of photography, and espe cially of that rendered by the minute and careful drawings in the note-books of Sir George Scharf, now in the National Portrait Gallery.
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282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Sir Lionel Henry Cust (1859-1929) was a British art historian, courtier and museum director. He was director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1895 to 1909 and co-edited The Burlington Magazine from 1909 to 1919.