The Lost Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Culture Show Special

The Lost Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Culture Show Special

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 22, 2014

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Lost Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Culture Show Special

Production Companies

BBC Scotland

Director

Ishbel Hall

Description

In 2009, art detective Dr Bendor Grosvenor caused a national scandal by proving that the Scottish National Portrait Gallery's iconic portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the rebel Stuart who almost seized power in 1745, was not in fact him. Keen to make amends, and suspecting that a long-lost portrait of the prince by one of Scotland's greatest artists, Allan Ramsay, might still survive, Bendor decides to retrace Charles's journey in the hope of unravelling one of the greatest mysteries in British art.