The Monarch of the Glen (painting) The Monarch of the Glen (painting) The Monarch of the Glen is an oil-on-canvas painting of a red deer stag completed in 1851 by the English painter Sir Edwin Landseer. It was commissioned as part of a series of three panels to hang in the Palace of Westminster in London. As one of the most popular paintings throughout the 19th century, it sold widely in reproductions in steel engraving, and was finally bought by companies to use in advertising. The painting had become something of a cliché by the mid-20th century, as "the ultimate biscuit tin image of Scotland: a
James Stewart of the Glen James Stewart of the Glen James Stewart of the Glen, (Gaelic: "Seumas a' Ghlinne"; c. 1698 - November 8, 1752) also known as James of the Glens, was a Scotsman who was wrongfully accused and hanged as an accessory to the Appin Murder. The Appin Murder is a case in which Colin Roy Campbell (a.k.a. "The Red Fox") was killed. Campbell was a government factor of estates forfeited by pro-Jacobite clans following the Rising of 1745. On November 8, 1752, as he climbed the gibbet, Seamus a' Ghlinne prayed: While he was not afraid to die for his convictions, he