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

X. Mary Stuart, as Queen of France, in her widow's dress (deuz'l 51am). From the painting at Windsor Castle'

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282 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

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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.