Monument of Mary, Queen of Scots (from "The History of England")
Vignette with a female allegorical figure and Cupid mourning beneath a stone roundel portrait of Mary set beneath an urn. From Robert Bowyer's edition of "The History of England" by David Hume.
Artwork Details
- Title: Monument of Mary, Queen of Scots (from "The History of England")
- Artist: John George Landseer (British, 1763/69–1852 London)
- Artist: After Robert Smirke (British, Wigton, Cumberland 1752/53–1845 London)
- Printer: Anker Smith (British, London 1759–1819 London)
- Publisher: Robert Bowyer (British, Portsmouth 1758–1834 Byfleet, Surrey)
- Author: David Hume (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1711–1776 Edinburgh)
- Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
- Published in: London
- Date: November 25, 1795
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 13/16 in. (32.3 × 24.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
- Object Number: 58.549.444
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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