The Martyr of the Solway (c.1871)
Oil on Canvas
70.5 cm x 56.5 cm
No.733
Margaret Wilson (c.1667-85) was a young Scottish Covenanter from Wigtown in Scotland executed by drowning for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII (James II of England) as head of the church. She died along with Margaret McLachlan. They becasme known as the Wigtown Martyrs.
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