An Original Mid 19thC Nameplate From 'The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots at Lochleven Castle' by Alfred Barron Clay (1831–1868) antiques Penny arcades later led to

Penny arcades later led to the creation of video arcades in the 1970s

Depth: 27 inches (all at extremities)

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It is not known whether or not he commissioned the desk for himself or for a lady

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An Original Mid 19thC Nameplate From 'The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots at Lochleven Castle' by Alfred Barron Clay (1831–1868) antiques Penny arcades later led toOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1857 Height: 4. 5 inches Width: 11. 5 inches The gilt and gesso painted pine exhibit nameplate label from the original oil painting of 'The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots at Lochleven Castle' by Alfred Barron Clay (1831 1868) painted in 1857 and exhibited in 1861, the plaque reading an exert from Sir Walter Scotts Waverley Novels, The Abbot; in gothic script; "Lady Lochleven,