C. Dans, C. Beveridge, and R. Turnbull, Scotland after Enlightenment Image and Tradition in Modern Scottish Culture, Édimbourg, Polygon, 1997, p. 98. 2. Les ouvrages retraçant l'histoire de l'Écosse publiés au xviii e siècle sont : William Gordon, The History of Scotland from the Beginning of King Robert I to the Year 1690, pp.1726-1727

D. Scott, The History of Scotland Containing all the Historical Transactions of that Nation, from the Year of the World 1619 to the Year of the Christ, p.1726, 1727.

W. Robertson, The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI till His Accession to the Crown of England, 1759.

G. Graham, The History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary (1782) ; Robert Heron, History of Scotland, from the Earliest Times, to the Area of the Abolition of the Hereditary Jurisdictions of Subjects, p.1748, 1794.

J. Pinkerton, The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary, 1797.

L. David, Hume intitulé The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, in Six Volumes (1754) retrace lui aussi l'histoire de l'Écosse, même si l

D. Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Six volumes, p.113, 1754.

, Union des Parlements commença à être vivement contestée, les historiens de l'art rejettent toutes les productions artistiques reflétant l'identité établie au xix e siècle car ils estiment que ces oeuvres diffusent une représentation faussée de l'Écosse. Ces tableaux occupent néanmoins une place importante dans l'histoire de l

, Tableaux cités

A. David, H. Parting, and . Andromache, , 1773.

A. William, Heroism and Humanity: an Incident in the Life of Robert the Bruce

, The Battle of Bannockburn, 1850, Royal Scottish Academy

, The Battle of Prestonpans, 1850, Perth Museum and Art Gallery

?. , T. Battle, and . Waterloo, pm, from the English Side, v. 1847, collection de Sandhurst, 1815.

?. , T. Battle, and . Waterloo, from the French Side, v. 1843, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1815.

, The Regent Murray Shot by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, 1824, National Gallery of Scotland

, The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard, 1628.

B. Samuel, Q. Mary, and . Bothwell,

B. Michelangelo and L. Pietà, , pp.1498-1499

D. James, Blessing the Scottish Army before the Battle of Bannockburn, v. 1844, oeuvre non localisée

D. Thomas and P. C. Edward, , 1840.

H. Gavin, Mary Queen of Scots Resigning Her Crown, 1776, oeuvre non localisée

H. George, The Covenanters Preaching, 1830, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum

J. Alexander, An Interview between Regent Murray and Mary Queen of Scots, during Her Confinement in Lochleven Castle, 1841.

, OrcHarDson William, Wishart's Last Exaltation

P. John, Bruce about to Receive the Sacrament on the Morning Previous to the Battle of Bannockburn, 1843

S. David, Mary Queen of Scotland Receiving the Warrant of Her Execution, 1841, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum

?. and T. English-bow,

, The Scottish Spear, 1843

?. , W. Defender, and . Scotland, , 1843.

V. Léonard-(-de-) and L. Cène, , pp.1494-1498

W. Benjamin, The Death of Nelson

W. David, The Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the London Extraordinary of Thursday 22nd 1815, Announcing the Battle of Waterloo!!!, 1822, Apsley House, The Wellington Museum

?. and J. Knox, Dispensing the Sacrament at Calder House, v. 1840, oeuvre non localisée