Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
(1688-1766), Known as 'The Old Pretender'; son of James IIEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 61 portraits
The only son of James II and Mary of Modena, he was raised in exile in France after his father was deposed in 1688 in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. Known as the 'Old Pretender', he became the focus of Jacobite resistance and mounted several unsuccessful campaigns to reclaim the throne in 1706, 1708 and finally in 1715 when he landed at Peterhead in Scotland. He married the Polish Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska in 1719 and spent much of the remainder of his life in exile in Rome.
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
after Unknown artist
mezzotint, early 18th century
NPG D34718
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Louise Madeleine Cochin (née Horthemels), after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, early 18th century
NPG D10695
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Louise Madeleine Cochin (née Horthemels), after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, early 18th century
NPG D10696
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by John Simon
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
NPG D19483
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Michel Dossier, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, early 18th century
NPG D16611
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by François Chéreau the Elder, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, early 18th century
NPG D16754
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by and published by Simeon Thomassin
line engraving, 1702
NPG D34708
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Gérard Edelinck, after François de Troy
line engraving, circa 1704-1707
NPG D32656
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Johann Ulrich Kraus, after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1710-1719
NPG D34710
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Louise Madeleine Cochin (née Horthemels), after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, (circa 1710)
NPG D14281
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by François Chéreau the Elder, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, circa 1712
NPG D32660
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by François Chéreau the Elder, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, 1712
NPG D34699
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by François Chéreau the Elder, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, 1712
NPG D34700
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by François Chéreau the Elder, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, 1712
NPG D1345
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Pierre François Basan, after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, mid 18th century
NPG D16755
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Andrew Miller, after Edward Lutterell (Luttrell)
mezzotint, 1737
NPG D34697
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
after Alexis Simon Belle
stipple engraving, late 18th to early 19th century
NPG D31378
Mary of Modena; Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ('Mary Queen of James II quitting the Kingdom')
by James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after John Opie
line engraving, published 1796
NPG D32755
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
wood engraving, published 1811 (1688)
NPG D8164
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Sir George Scharf, after Gérard Edelinck, after François de Troy
pencil on tracing paper, 1859
NPG D32657
Related People
- King Charles I (grandfather)
- Prince Charles Edward Stuart (son)
- Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York (son)
- Isabella Stuart (sister)
- King James II (father)
- Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart (sister)
- Maria Clementina Sobieska (wife)
- Henrietta Maria (grandmother)
- Mary of Modena (mother)
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Lloyd Meadows
26 August 2015, 16:41
"spent much of the remainder of his life in exile in Rome, where he drank himself to death."
He did spend much of the rest of his life in Rome but he was not an alcoholic and never "drank himself to death".