Mary, Queen of Scots arrested by the Earl of Bothwell

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This is a book illustration showing the Queen's abduction by the Earl of Bothwell in 1567, outside Stirling Castle. Anticipating her movements, Bothwell waylaid her with a troop of 800 horsemen and obliged her to accompany him to Dunbar, where they were subsequently married. A later version of this print (with a different frame) was used in The Imperial History of England (Theophilus Camden, 1811).

Mary, Queen of Scots arrested by the Earl of Bothwell, John Walker (British, active 1776–1802), Etching

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