#scots greys

[illustratus]

Gordons and Greys to the Front at Waterloo by Stanley Berkeley

[horses-in-art-history]

The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment in the British army known for their grey horses. In WW1 they were ordered to dye their mounts dark chestnut so they would be less conspicuous and make the regiment harder to identify. While they were in reserve the horses were allowed to have their natural colour.

Scots Greys (1918) by John Singer Sargent  (1856–1925). Watercolour paint on paper. (picture source)

Studies for "Scots Greys" (1918) by John Singer Sargent  (1856–1925). Graphite on wove paper. (picture source)

Royal Scots Greys on a road in France (1914-1918) a photo from The Dutch National Archives. (picture source)

[scotianostra]

The memorial erected to the Fallen Heroes of the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) on Princess Street in Edinburgh was unveiled by the Earl of Roseberry, K.G., P.C., on 16th November 1906.

The memorial is opposite the junction with Frederick Street and is an equestrian statue in bronze, of a trooper of the Scots Greys in full review order of 1899. The statue is mounted on a pedestal of rock which bears the bronze plaque containing the inscription and Regimental badges. The sculptor was Mr William Birnie Rhind; the models for the statue were *Sergeant-Major Anthony James Hinnigan and his horse called “Polly”.

Anthony James Hinnigan was born in Jedburgh in 1866 and in 1882, at the age of 16, he joined the Royal Scots Greys. For the next 17 years he served with the Greys on home duty but in September 1899, by now with the rank of Sergeant-Major, he went with the Greys to South Africa when they were mobilised for service in the Second Boer War.

On his return from South Africa in 1904 Sergeant-Major Hinnigan and his horse Polly were selected as the models for Rhind’s Memorial.

Sergeant-Major Hinnigan was discharged from the army in 1911 and became landlord at the Railway Inn at Irvine in Ayrshire.

*Please note I had a look around the net when researching this and relatives of many people who served in the regiment also claim that it was their relative in the statue, although most sources give Hinnigan’s name.

I would say with it’s prominent position on Princes Street in front of Edinburgh Castle, it is one of the most photographed statues in Edinburgh, and possibly Scotland. More on the Scots Greys Regiment in just over a week.

[eleanordarkholme]

I have more thoughts that I must share. Thank you X-men 97 for not just throwing Madelyne away now that she has been revealed as a clone. She spent at least a year with the X-men. Rogue gives her a big ole hug. Gambit and Magneto greet her warmly. Scott clearly has lingering feelings for her. (And he makes it a point that he and Jean do not have any children because Maddy is Nate's mother).

Maddy is not Jean but it doesn't make her relationships with her family any less real.

That being said, I do feel for Jean and do not hold her words (spoken in anger and hurt) against her. Because it has to suck having identity and memory issues. On top of all that, she feels like she had been replaced and her husband seems to be closer with her imposter than her.

Slightly off topic, I also don't hold it against Logan for being closer to Original Jean as he would know plenty about identity and memory issues.

[diioonysus]

history + women who were executed

[isabelleneville]

[bookshopcrow]

Tudor miniature portrait challenge 🖤

Days 7 - 15

[buffyfan145]

Finished "My Lady Jane" and loved it so much!!! 😀 I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was and I'm so hoping it'll be renewed for a 2nd season as there's more from the book they haven't adapted yet as the book ends when Elizabeth I becomes queen and we got those teases at the end of season 2. Also even though the books switch to focus on other fictional and historical Janes, there is a spinoff series about Marys and one about Mary Queen of Scots that directly connects to this series and they already mentioned her. So I'm hoping for season 2 and to see what happens next for Jane & Guildford and the other characters that are alive now unlike our history, more of Elizabeth I as her role will likely be expanded, if Robert Dudley is coming or we get a twist that Stan was Robert all along (which I've been wondering about now and I'd be ok with LOL), and now if Mary Queen of Scots is coming.

[schnitzelsemmerl]

this old thing i found-

[holy-shit-comics]

[wardrobeoftime]

The Serpent Queen + Costumes

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots' red, orange, white & grey dress in Season 01, Episode 06, 07 & 08.

// requested by anonymous

[lady-corrine]

The way grrm combined so many themes of queenship, motherhood, tragedy, reputation, controversy and ambition from so many historical queens in creating Rhaenyra is honestly iconic 💅

[herprivateswe]

A British soldier and dog at the officers' mess kitchen of the Royal Scots Greys at their camp, October 1916.

[laurapetrie]

MODERN DOOMED QUEENS; round one Welcome to your favorite dream — and worst nightmare. You are cosseted in silk, crowned with gold, and bowed to. Courtiers laugh at your jokes and compliment your beauty. All envy you, but things change. Just years later, even those who admired you steer clear of your path. Your influence is on the wane for any number of reasons. The fault could be yours — maybe you weren't as clever as you thought in the scheming department. Or it could be that others are scheming against you. When the end finally comes, it arrives with the stroke of an ax at noon—a topsy-turvy Cinderella tale—or with a drumrolled march to the scaffold. No matter how your end finally arrives, one truth remains: Your fall from grace is not your call, though your actions may encourage it. It is your fate. - DOOMED QUEENS, Kris Waldherr

[luanna801]

Goth Renaissance Aesthetic (aka Hamletcore):

Portrait, possibly of Cesare Borgia, by Sebastiano del Piombo (1485–1547)

Death and the Maiden by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I (1517)

From the Braque Triptych by Rogier van der Weyden (c.1452)

Portrait of an Unknown Lady (possibly Mary I or Lady Jane Grey) by Hans Ewerth (c.1550s)

From the Carondelet Diptych by Jan Gossaert (1517)

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein (1533)

One view of the finials of a chaplet (c.1530) from France or Southern Netherlands

Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) by an unknown artist

[caitlin-snow-leopard]

the fact that Elizabeth I is titled "The Virgin Queen" implies that someone- possibly Mary I, possibly Lady Jane Grey, possibly Mary Queen of Scots- is "The Chad Queen."