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Mary, Queen of Scots, on the morning she suffered Death in Fotheringhay Castle

May 12, 1796
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Object Information
  • Title: Mary, Queen of Scots, on the morning she suffered Death in Fotheringhay Castle
  • Artist: George Dawe (British, London 1781–1829 London)
  • Artist: After John Graham (British, Edinburgh 1754/5–1817 Edinburgh)
  • Publisher: Robert Pollard (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755–1838 London)
  • Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: May 12, 1796
  • Medium: Mezzotint and etching on steel.
  • Dimensions: Plate: 22 1/16 × 15 7/8 in. (56 × 40.4 cm)
    Sheet: 22 5/8 × 17 1/16 in. (57.4 × 43.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.549.122
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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