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Mary, Queen of Scots and Francis II, King of France (from "Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de France depuis le commencement du Veme siècle jusqu'à nos jours," plate 268)

ca. 1827–32
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mary, Queen of Scots and Francis II, King of France (from "Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de France depuis le commencement du Veme siècle jusqu'à nos jours," plate 268)
  • Artist: Horace de Viel-Castel (French, Paris 1802–1864)
  • Printer: Villain (French, active 1819–53)
  • Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
  • Sitter: François II, King of France (French, Fontainebleau 1544–1560 Orléans)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: ca. 1827–32
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 14 3/4 in. (28.1 × 37.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.549.215
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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