Tag: Edinburgh

James I (England)

(1566–1625) James Charles Stuart King of England (1603–1625) King of Ireland (1603–1625) King of Scotland (1567–1625) James I in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Apotheosis of James I c.1628–1630 Tate Britain, London   Born June 19 1566 Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh (Scotland)…

William Bell Scott

(1811–1890) The artist’s works: Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower c.1853 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Fair Rosamund in her Bower after 1854 Private collection Algernon Charles Swinburne 1860 Private collection Works: • The Nursery Rhymes of England (as Illustrator) •…

Madonna col Bambino e santi (c.1505)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna col Bambino e santi (The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome, Peter, Francis and an Unidentified Female Saint) c.1505 Oil on canvas, transferred from panel, 80.50 x 102.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Sir Walter Scott

(1771–1832) Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot Works: • Guy Mannering (English) • Ivanhoe (English) • Kenilworth (English) • Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (English) • Marmion (English) • Old Mortality (English) • Quentin Durward (English) • Rob Roy…

Robert Louis Stevenson

(1850–1894) Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson Works: • Aarresaari (Finnish) • A Child’s Garden of Verses (English) • A Christmas Sermon (English) • A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (English) • A Lowden Sabbath Morn (English) •…

Lindsay Duncan

(1950) Lindsay Vere Duncan, CBE Filmography as Actress: Under the Tuscan Sun 2003 Director: Audrey Wells Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh   Born November 7 1950 Edinburgh (Scotland) Occupation Actress Awards Drama Desk Award Laurence Olivier Award Tony Title Commander of the Order of…

Anthony Dawson

(1916–1992) Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson Filmography as Actor: Dial M for Murder 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly     Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress   Born October 18 1916 Edinburgh (Scotland) Died…

Ian Richardson

(1934–2007) Ian William Richardson, CBE Filmography as Actor: Man of La Mancha 1972 Director: Arthur Hiller Starring: Peter O’Toole, Sophia Loren   Born April 7 1934 Edinburgh (Scotland) Died February 9 2007 London (England) Occupation Actor Awards BAFTA Title Commander of…

Sean Connery

(1930–2020) Sir Thomas Sean Connery Filmography as Actor: Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress     From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi     Goldfinger 1964 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman…