'The Martyr of the Solway', 1871, (c1902). Creator: Unknown.

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'The Martyr of the Solway', 1871, (c1902). After a painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Margaret Wilson (c1667-1685), a young Scottish Presbyterian, refused to swear an oath declaring King James VII (James II of England) as Head of the Church. She and a friend were chained to stone stakes in the Solway Firth and executed by drowning. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]

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