Excerpt from Notes on the Authentic Portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots, Based on the Researches of the Late Sir George Scharf

National Portrait Gallery will be found in the Introduction.

The author has endeavoured to consult every authority, past or present, likely to throw an li ht upon this disputed subject, availing bimse f 0% the assistance now so plentifully accessible through the agency of photography, and espe cially of that rendered by the minute and careful drawings in the note-books of Sir George Scharf, now in the National Portrait Gallery.

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