Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Making of a Myth ― A Study in Portraiture, 1720-1892

The subject of this book-an Italian-born exiled Prince-has become an icon of misjudged romanticism and Scottish nationalism; much of this is due to the way he has been portrayed over the years. This study traces how the enduring visual image of Prince Charles Edward Stuart was created, beginning with his birth in 1720 and ending with the exhibition of John Pettie's Prince Charles Edward Stuart Entering the Ballroom at Holyrood - probably still the most enduring and popular image of the Stuart prince-at the Royal Academy in 1892.

Robin Nicholson is curator of The Drambuie Liqueur Company's extensive collection of Scottish and Jacobite art. Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, Queen's University, Ontario and Cambridge University, before spending a number of years working for the leading dealers in British art, The Fine Art Society. He was appointed Curator of the Drambuie Collection in 1992 and published a catalogue of the collection in 1995. He has written articles on Scottish and Jacobite art and aspects of collecting for both academic and non-academic journals and has curated several touring exhibitions to museums and galleries in Britain and abroad. He lives in East Lothian.