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5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Rare Mary Queen of Scots letters to be auctioned
Letters signed by Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband Lord Darnley urging a Highland family to keep the peace in and around Inverness are to be auctioned were written almost 500 years ago when rival families and clans were vying for control of land across Roses of Kilravock Castle, about 10 miles (16km) east of Inverness, were loyal supporters of of the letters asks the Roses to help maintain law and order, while another gives them control of Inverness Castle. The letters jointly signed by Mary's husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, have been described as providing a rare example of harmony in their troubled couple later fell out and Henry became infamous for leading a group that murdered Mary's loyal servant David Rizzio in front of her in 1566. Henry was murdered himself the following year. The letters are part of a collection of papers from Kilravock Castle, near Croy, that are being sold by auctioneers Lyon and are five in total being sold, and they have been valued at between £10,000 to £15,000. Mary stayed with the Roses at Kilravock while on a visit to the Highlands in Inverness Castle, a fortress on the site of today's 18th Century building, was strategically important but under control of Gordon, the 4th Earl of Huntly, who was not so sympathetic towards the was refused entry to Inverness Castle and, angered by the snub, she made attempts to wrest it from the Gordons' hold on September 1565 she and Henry appointed Hugh Rose of Kilravock as the castle's it was back in the Gordons' hands within a writer Jennifer Morag Henderson describes these events in her book Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of said the letters signed by Mary and her husband, using their signatures Marie R and Henry R, were rare."Darnley is almost never called 'King Henry' - and indeed Mary ultimately refused to give Darnley the Crown Matrimonial, meaning he was not king in his own right, but only the queen's husband," she said."This is one of the few documents I have seen that is signed in this way, from the very early, almost literally honeymoon period of Mary and Darnley's marriage. "It's so interesting to see their signatures side-by-side like this – Mary's is first, so she's still the most important, but Darnley has signed his name in large, sprawling letters."
The Herald Scotland
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
LS Lowry painting originally bought for £10 sells for more than £800,000
On Friday the artwork sold at auction at the Mall Galleries in central London for £805,200, including buyer's premium. The rare painting by LS Lowry (Lyon and Turnbull/PA) Lowry, who was lauded for his portrayal of everyday industrial scenes in northwest England, painted the piece in 1925. Going To The Mill is marked on the back as being £30, but Lowry let Mr Wallace have it for £10. It is believed to be one of the earliest sales made by the Stretford-born painter. He also gifted him an additional work, The Manufacturing Town, which the family sold several years ago. The artwork, which has been in the Wallace family for the last century, was recently on long-term loan to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. Simon Hucker, modern and contemporary art specialist and head of sale, Lyon And Turnbull auction house said: 'We're absolutely delighted by the price achieved for this exceptional, early painting by Lowry, bought from him when he was a virtual unknown. Going To The Mill (David Parry/Lyon and Turnbull/PA) 'There are few artists who become a household name in Britain and Lowry definitely falls into this category.' Mr Hucker added: 'This is a painting shows that Lowry at his conceptual best, no naive painter of 'matchstick men', as the old pop song went. 'Instead he is an artist of true dexterity who is making deliberate formal choices, abstracting the figure in order to express an idea about loneliness and isolation within the teeming city. 'Going To The Mill is the epitome of a 1920s Lowry, the period when he becomes a unique voice in British art. 'It is especially rare is for a painting such as this to have been in one collection for one year shy of a century and we are delighted to have played a small part in its history.' In 2024 a Lowry painting titled Sunday Afternoon sold for almost £6.3 million at auction.
