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Today's #HunterianPortrait shows ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ dressed as Flora Macdonald’s Irish servant woman, Betty Burke. In this disguise he avoided capture by Hanoverian troops searching for him. Produced c1746 by John M. Williams. GLAHA:44498
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Before his death, Scottish writer/artist Alasdair Gray generously donated a number of his original drawings for illustrations of his novels to The Hunterian. ‘Portrait of Bella Caledonia’ for ‘Poor Things’ is this week’s #HunterianPortrait. GLAHA:51830
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