The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Maker
(artist)
1742-1810
(engraver)
1766-1814
(publisher)
1742-1810
(engraver)
1766-1814
(publisher)
Title
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Date of Production
1.5.1791
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5461.1
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
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Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left inside plate mark & recto : : J F Rigaud RA. Pinxt. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W.N. Gardiner Sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : THE QUEEN, now biddingadieu to all worldly concerns, retired to her oratory and fell on her knees to pray to God, her thoughts / being wholly employed about heavenly things, after she had been sime time in that posture, Thomas Andrews the High Sheriff, with / many Attendants, knocked at the Door, and entered with a design to drag her away by force if she demanded a longer time; but she no / soomer saw them than she calmly declared her readiness to go along with them, and desiring only that one of her servants might b allowed / to take with her a small Ivory Crucifix which stood upon the Altar of her Oratory, she came forth with a countenance beaming beniqnity and peace. / Pub, as the Act directs May 1.1791. by T. Monzani. No. 6 Coventry Street, Hay Market. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre outside plate mark & recto : : Execution of Mary Queen of Scots //
Inscription: inscription : written : lower right outside plate mark & recto : : RA1792/466/c //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left outside plate mark : recto : : WITT LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W.N. Gardiner Sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : THE QUEEN, now biddingadieu to all worldly concerns, retired to her oratory and fell on her knees to pray to God, her thoughts / being wholly employed about heavenly things, after she had been sime time in that posture, Thomas Andrews the High Sheriff, with / many Attendants, knocked at the Door, and entered with a design to drag her away by force if she demanded a longer time; but she no / soomer saw them than she calmly declared her readiness to go along with them, and desiring only that one of her servants might b allowed / to take with her a small Ivory Crucifix which stood upon the Altar of her Oratory, she came forth with a countenance beaming beniqnity and peace. / Pub, as the Act directs May 1.1791. by T. Monzani. No. 6 Coventry Street, Hay Market. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre outside plate mark & recto : : Execution of Mary Queen of Scots //
Inscription: inscription : written : lower right outside plate mark & recto : : RA1792/466/c //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left outside plate mark : recto : : WITT LIBRARY //
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