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.
45 mins
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Dame Muriel Spark, (1918 - 2006) Writer
Room 2
Ludovic Kennedy, 1919 - 2009, and Moira Shearer, 1926 - 2006
Room 2
Unknown Man
Room 2
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567 (In white mourning)
Room 6
Lady Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll, about 1574 - 1607. Wife of the 7th Earl of Argyll
Room 6
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, about 1516 - 1581. Regent of Scotland
Room 6
Esther Inglis, 1569 - 1624. Calligrapher and miniaturist
Room 6
Anne of Denmark, 1574 - 1619. Queen Consort of James VI and I
Room 8
William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585 - 1649. Poet
Room 6
Sir David Murray of Gorthy, 1567 - 1629. Poet
Room 6
James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625
Room 8
Margaret Graham, Lady Napier, d. c 1626. Sister of 1st Marquess of Montrose and wife of 1st Lord Napier
Room 8
Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon [Caiptean Raibeart Caimbeul Ghleann Lìomhann], 1632 - 1696. In command at Glencoe
Room 9
Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist (Self-portrait)
Room 11
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, born 1950. Lawyer and Politician
Library
Sir Joseph Noel Paton, 1821 - 1901. Artist
Great Hall
Credits
Image and text © Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2022