Mary Queen of Scots, on the evening preceding her execution

ca. 1828
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Mary Queen of Scots, on the evening preceding her execution
  • Artist: James Barton Longacre (American, Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1794–1869 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Artist: After John Graham (British, Edinburgh 1754/5–1817 Edinburgh)
  • Publisher: Eliakim Littell (American, 1797–1870, active Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
  • Published in: Philadelphia
  • Date: ca. 1828
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 5 15/16 in. (23.3 × 15.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.941
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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