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The Guard Room In Stirling Castle - Artist: Cattermole, Engraver: Brandard
This print dates before 1900, the size of the image is 4 x 51/8. The artist was Cattermole, the engraving was done by Brandard. An excerpt from the original description: It [the castle] was the birth-place of James II., and a favourite residence of the succeeding princes. The palace was built by James V. Its form is quadrangular; the exterior walls are of polished stone; and the whole is ornamented with statues, in the taste of that amorous prince. On the south angle, of which the architecture is much plainer, there is an apartment called " Douglas's Room," which is supposed to have been the scene of the murder of one of that family, perpetrated by James II., with his own hand. If the tradition be correct, this portion of the building is, of course, the most ancient. On the western side there is a low-roofed edifice, originally a chapel, and it is here that the baptism of James VI. took place. The father, although in the town, was not present; and Mr. Chambers, in his " Picture," informs us, that a house is still pointed out, where the imbecile Darnley spent the time of the baptism, "" with a few drinking companions, in riotous and ostentatious debauchery."
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