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Chapel and Tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey (from "L'Eau-Forte en 1874", plate 21)

Publisher Alfred Cadart French
Subject Mary, Queen of Scots Scottish
1874
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chapel and Tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey (from "L'Eau-Forte en 1874", plate 21)
  • Artist: Auguste Ballin (French, Boulogne-sur-Mer 1842–1909)
  • Publisher: Alfred Cadart (French, Saint-Omer 1828–1875 Paris)
  • Subject: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1874
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/8 × 6 15/16 in. (22.5 × 17.7 cm)
    Sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (41.2 × 32.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.549.118
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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