Lot 775: John Horsburgh (Scottish, b. 1835 - d. ?) "Mary

John Horsburgh (Scottish, b. 1835 - d. ?) "Mary Queen of Scots", oil on canvas, 50-1/4" x 38-1/4", signed and dated lower left "Horsburgh, Edin 1887", bears partial label en verso "Patronised By Her Majesty The Queen/J. Horsburgh, FRSSE & Son/Portrait and Miniature Painters/131 Princes Street/Edinburgh/London". Presented in an ornately carved antique giltwood exhibition frame. Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana; Private collection, Montgomery, Alabama . Note: John Horsburgh was a highly accomplished photographer, engraver and painter. He exhibited in the Photographic Society of Scotland and became a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1861, the year the Society was established. From his premises at 131 Princes Street, he produced life-sized portraits in oil.