Black Turnpike, Edinburgh. House where Mary Queen of Scots was confined 1788
Fig 1. View of the house in Edinburgh where Mary Queen of Scots was confined [in 1567. Fig 2. Seal of tin, Arms of Arnot; Fig 3. A white Cornelian stone engraved, subject, two men on horseback, in possession of Lady Rachel Drummond.]. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Unsigned. Provenance: "Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle", by Sylvanus Urban, Gent. London: Printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, late of St. John's Gate, and sold by Eliz. Newbery, the corner of St Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate Street . Type: Antique copperplate print. The complete original explanatory text pages will be provided with the print. . After Mary’s capture, she was kept under house arrest in Edinburgh, at the house of the Lord Provost, Simon Preston. His city residence (demolished to build South Bridge) was known as the Black Turnpike, and stood on the corner of Hunter Square near the Tron Kirk.
Size: 1376px × 2112px
Location: Scotland
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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