Flora Macdonald
(1722-1790), Jacobite heroineSitter in 7 portraits
The daughter of a Outer Hebrides farmer, Flora Macdonald met Prince Charles Edward Stuart as he fled the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Flora helped him escape by boat to the Isle of Skye by disguising him as her maidservant. She was subsequently arrested and brought to London where she was imprisoned. After her release, in 1747, she was treated as a celebrity and mixed with distinguished members of London society, including Frederick, Prince of Wales who supported many of the king's opponents.
Flora Macdonald with miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
after I. Markluin
mezzotint, published 1747
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Flora Macdonald with miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
after I. Markluin
mezzotint, published 6 June 1747
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Flora Macdonald with oval portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
by Johnson, after Le Clerc (Clare)
line engraving, (1747)
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Flora Macdonald with miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
by John Faber Jr, sold by George Strahan, after Thomas Hudson
mezzotint, late 1740s-early 1750s (1747)
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Flora Macdonald with miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
after I. Markluin
mezzotint, published 6 June 1747
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by James Macardell, after Allan Ramsay
mezzotint, published 1749 (1749)
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