NATIONAL GALLERIES SCOTLAND: PORTRAIT
'Gingers' trail
13% of people in Scotland identify as having ginger hair. Many of the portraits in the gallery, dating from the 16th century to the present day, feature individuals with varying shades of red hair....
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Dame Muriel Spark, (1918 - 2006) Writer
Ludovic Kennedy, 1919 - 2009, and Moira Shearer, 1926 - 2006
Unknown Man
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567 (In white mourning)
Lady Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll, about 1574 - 1607. Wife of the 7th Earl of Argyll
Esther Inglis, 1569 - 1624. Calligrapher and miniaturist
Anne of Denmark, 1574 - 1619. Queen Consort of James VI and I
William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585 - 1649. Poet
Sir David Murray of Gorthy, 1567 - 1629. Poet
James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625
Margaret Graham, Lady Napier, d. c 1626. Sister of 1st Marquess of Montrose and wife of 1st Lord Napier
Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon [Caiptean Raibeart Caimbeul Ghleann Lìomhann], 1632 - 1696. In command at Glencoe
Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist (Self-portrait)
Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, born 1950. Lawyer and Politician
Sir Joseph Noel Paton, 1821 - 1901. Artist
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Image and text © Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2022