Mary, Queen of Scots distributing her possessions to her friends before her death (from "Histoire de France")

Alfred Revel French

After Alfred Johannot French

Sitter Mary, Queen of Scots Scottish

Before 1865

Not on view

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Title: Mary, Queen of Scots distributing her possessions to her friends before her death (from "Histoire de France")
Artist: Alfred Revel (French, active by 1831, died 1865)
Artist: After Alfred Johannot (French, Offenbach 1800–1837 Paris)
Sitter: Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
Date: Before 1865
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.2 × 26.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Object Number: 58.549.196
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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