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Good sunshine day 😊
#photography #sconepalace #scone #historicalscotland #scotland
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A double portrait shows two young women outdoors in a garden-like landscape. At left, Dido Elizabeth Belle, a young Black woman, leans forward in motion with a direct, lively gaze and smile, her head tilted toward us. She wears a luminous white satin dress with a low neckline, pearl jewelry, and a white turban topped with a dark feather. She carries a basket of grapes and peaches in her arm. At right, Lady Elizabeth Murray, a young white woman, sits in a pink-and-white silk gown with lace trim, floral hair ornaments, and a pearl choker. She holds an open book in one hand while the other reaches toward Dido, visually linking them. A blue drapery sweeps between them. Light blue sky opens behind Dido while deeper shade trees frame Elizabeth, creating a dynamic contrast of movement and poise. This rare dignified representation of a Black woman in 18th-century British portraiture presents Dido and Elizabeth as intimate companions and near social equals. Yet, it is also layered with hierarchy and coded symbolism as Elizabeth’s book and composed pose suggest education and gentility, while Dido’s fruit, feathered headwrap, and animated movement convey Georgian ideas of exoticism and empire. That tension is central to the work’s power. Dido, the daughter of a Royal Navy captain and an enslaved mother, was raised at Kenwood House in Lord Mansfield’s household, where she was educated and lived in relative comfort, but not as fully equal in domestic and social practice. As Lord Mansfield was one of Britain’s leading judges, Dido’s life also intersects with the legal history of slavery in Britain. He is closely associated with the landmark Somerset v Stewart (1772) decision, which limited the forced removal of an enslaved man from England without legal basis, while stopping short of abolishing slavery across the empire. This portrait’s warmth and visual closeness form a rare image of kinship and dignity shaped within a world still structured by racial and colonial inequality.
“Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray” by David Martin (Scottish) - Oil on canvas / c. 1778 - Scone Palace (Perth, Scotland) #WomenInArt #DavidMartin #artText #art #SconePalace #BlackPortraiture #ScottishArt #BritishArt #ScottishArtist #HistoricArt #PortraitofWomen #DidoElizabethBelle
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Just maze-ing around *groan* at #SconePalace ...
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A mini #roadtrip to #SconePalace and #BroughtyFerry ... #maze #peacock #coffeeandcake
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Das imposante Scone Palace präsentiert sich in rotem Sandstein mit seinen charakteristischen Wehrtürmen und crenellierten Zinnen, während Efeu malerisch an den Fassaden emporrankt und der gepflegte Rasen in sattem Grün erstrahlt. Der dramatische, wolkenverhangene Himmel verleiht dem schottischen Schloss eine theatralische Atmosphäre, die perfekt zu seiner jahrhundertealten Geschichte als Krönungsort schottischer Könige passt.
'Zahlen: Acht' #FotoVorschlag
"Acht Türme und kein bisschen Bescheidenheit"
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#Landscape
#SconePalace
#Scotland
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Sometimes there are injuries when “the forest marches, a host of trunks, a legion of boughs and their battle-cry a thunder of leaves”. #sconepalace #stormamy youtu.be/-7rS5Xy_pak?...
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A huge shoutout to 6th Perth Guides & 4th Perth Rangers for their awesome litter picking at the Farming of Yesteryear show! They helped keep Scone Palace Parklands clean. Well done! #GirlguidingScotland #Girlguiding #FarmingYesteryear #SconePalace
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Ros Canter jumping at Scone Palace
When I’m not being an osteopath, writing a book about my great aunt, talking about my book about dad, birdwatching or making jam, I enjoy equestrian sport. Today I was fence judging at #SconePalace Horse Trials, watching world leading riders. Heaven. #eventing
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Beautiful boys helping me today at #potfest #Scotland in the beautiful grounds of #Sconepalace.
We'll be there all day tomorrow and Sunday if you're in the area and like ceramics!
#dogsonbluesky #ceramics #ducktollers #studiodog #pottery #pottersdog #potfest #sconepalace #olddog #studiopottery
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Caught in the act.... Then he #whistles nonchalantly. Meirg nose-blowing into my ceramic bottles which cover the floor.
#dogsonbluesky #ceramics #ducktollers #studiodog #pottery #pottersdog #potfest #sconepalace #guiltydog
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wheel thrown porcelain vessel with black and orange marks
Wheel thrown porcelain with marks
Busy getting ready for Potfest Scotland this weekend.
90 studio ceramics artists in the grounds of Scone Palace
6, 7 & 8 June 2025
#contemporaryceramics #ceramics #handcrafted #irishartist #monochromeceramics #Clay #madeinscotĺand #angus #sconepalace #potfest
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Hosted by Discover Scottish Gardens, the inaugural Scottish Gardens Tourism Conference takes place this week, aimed to encourage collaboration across the industry ...read more on thedirt.news #Alitex #EdenProjectDundee #gardentourism #SconePalace #ScottishGardens
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Alexander The Peacock
Scone Palace
#photography #photographer
#nature #peacock #sconepalace #scottish #scotland #thephotohour
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Some recent photos taken in Perthshire, Scotland #bonniescotland #sconepalace #drummondcastlegardens
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