John Knox Gallery

John Knox's Monument (1840 engraving)

"John Knox's Monument - an engraving from 1840 in 'The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction'. John Knox (c1514-1572) was a 16th century Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. The monument, within Glasgow Necropolis, was placed on a column at the top of a hill in 1825 by public subscription."

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John Knox (1514-1572) in the Abbey of Scone (1559)

John Knox (1514 - 1572), Scottish religious reformer and founder of the Presbyterian churches, preventing the destruction of the Abbey of Scone, the Scottish coronation church (1559). Wood engraving after a paintig, by Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger (German painter, 1829 - 1895), published in 1873

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John Knox admonishing Mary Queen of Scots about her planned marriage to Don Carlos

KW322699 John Knox admonishing Mary Queen of Scots about her planned marriage to Don Carlos, son of Philip II of Spain, 24 June 1563, from 'The National and Domestic History of England' by William Hickman Smith Aubrey (1858-1916) published London, c.1890 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Knox (c.1510-72); Scottish clergyman, considered to be founder of Presbyterian Church; Mary Queen of Scots (1542-87); the proposed marriage did not happen and Mary instead married her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley;); Ken Welsh; English, out of copyright

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