James II Finish:none In the foreground a crowd

In the foreground a crowd of people have gathered to watch the disaster

The Ost House sits on the bank of a river with figures walking past and cows nearby

perhaps the same church or abbey in the equivalent painting of this pair

Table 13 from the book Musaeum Regalis Societatis

When enjoying a day's fishing

James II Finish:none In the foreground a crowdJames II, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1685, (1932). The second surviving son of King Charles I, James (1633 1701) became king on the death of his brother, Charles II. A Catholic, he lost the throne in 1688 to the Protestant William of Orange in what came to be known as the 'Glorious Revolution'. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, 1932.