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The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

Maker

(artist)
1742-1810

(engraver)
1766-1814

(publisher)

Title

The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

Date of Production

20.4.1791

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 24.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5461.4

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left inside plate mark & recto : : J F Rigaud RA. Pinx. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W.N. Gardiner Sc. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : The Queen, laying herself down on the ground, and stretching forth her neck on the block, repeats many times, 'Into thy hands, / O Lord! do I commit my spirt.' / Published as the Act directs April 20, 1790, by T. Monzani, No. 1 Duke Street, Grovensor Square. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre outside plate mark & recto : : Execution of Mary Queen of Scots //

Inscription: inscription : written : lower right outside plate mark & recto : : RA1791/570/c //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left outside plate mark : recto : : WITT LIBRARY //

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