The arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots

Sitter Mary, Queen of Scots Scottish

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This book illustration from an unknown source probably shows the queen being arrested in 1567 after the defeat of her troops at Carberry Hill, outside Edinburgh, by the Conferate Lords of Scotland.

The arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay), Etching

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