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George Catlin: American Indian Portraits
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Queens and Consorts: Likeness in Life and Death

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On this day, 19 June, in 1566

James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625)

Reigned, Scotland from 1567, England 1603-25 was born in Edinburgh, Scotland

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