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Forced to flee to England in 1568, she effectively became a prisoner of the English Queen, Elizabeth I. She was executed in 1587, having been found guilty of plotting to overthrow Elizabeth.\r\n\r\nIn the 17th century, new techniques of painting enamels allowed delicate portraits resembling tiny oil paintings to be created. These enamel miniatures were first fashionable in continental Europe, but were particularly in vogue in Britain from the 1720s to 1760s.  Denis Brownell Murphy was born in Dublin around 1745. During his long career he worked in both England and Scotland. Brownell Murphy painted a set of enamel miniatures in Scotland in 1804, taking as his source portraits which were in Scottish collections at the time. He chose images illustrating the lineage of the House of Stuart, beginning with Mary Queen of Scots.\r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world’s great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"Rectangular portrait miniature of Mary Queen of Scots wearing a red embroidered dress with a high ruff, a gold cap and a cross at her neck. 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London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with the Gilbert Collection, 2000. 168 p., ill. Cat. no. 42A, pp. 89-92. ISBN 0856675334."}],"production":"Portrait after an unknown version.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Mary Queen of Scots","id":"A1708"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"female","id":"AAT189557"},{"text":"monarch","id":"AAT237007"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Mary, Queen of Scots\r\n1804\r\n\r\nMary Stuart (1542–87) succeeded to the Scottish throne\r\nin 1542, when she was just six days old. Forced to flee\r\nto England in 1568, she effectively became a prisoner of\r\nthe English queen, Elizabeth I. 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