The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Jacobite glass, artist unknown, c. 1750
The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Jacobite glass, artist unknown, c. 1750 - Photo gallery
The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Jacobite glass, artist unknown, c. 1750 - Photo gallery
engraving on glass, c. 1750
private collection
The white rose was an emblem of the Stuarts. Glass with this type of decoration is referred to as Jacobite glass. The white rose in bloom symbolises King James III/VIII, and the rosebud, his eldest son and heir, Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
When toasting the king’s health, Stuart supporters would move their glasses over a glass of water, as a silent gesture of loyalty, not to the Hanoverian king in London, but to the king in exile, across the sea: ‘To the King over the water’.
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The Sobieskis and Stuarts. The Wedding of Clementina Sobieska and James III/VIII, Jan Nepomucen Bizański, 1830
The lithograph depicting the wedding of Clementina and James illustrated an article by historian and linguist Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie (1768–1835).
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The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Portrait of Clementina Sobieska, Johann Martin Bernigeroth, 1725–1750
Clementina Sobieska also became a subject of works by German engravers. The author of this small copperplate engraving, enhanced with roulette effects, produced in the second quarter of the 18th century, was probably Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713–1767).
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The Sobieskis and Stuarts, Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, George Vertue, 1735
This 18th-century etching depicting Mary, Queen of Scots, also comes from ‘The History of England’.
